STIGMATA
\stɪɡmˈɑːtə], \stɪɡmˈɑːtə], \s_t_ɪ_ɡ_m_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
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The marks of the wounds on Christ's body, or marks resembling them, said to have been miraculously impressed on the bodies of saints.
By Daniel Lyons
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).