LEDUM PALUSTRE
\lˈɛdəm pˈalʌstə], \lˈɛdəm pˈalʌstə], \l_ˈɛ_d_ə_m p_ˈa_l_ʌ_s_t_ə]\
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By Princeton University
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This plant has a bitter, subastringent taste, and was formerly used in Switzerland in place of hops: the virtues are equivocal. The leaves are chewed by the Cree Indians, and applied to burns, which are said to heal rapidly under their influence. The cake of chewed leaves is left adhering to the sore until it falls off.-Sir J. Richardson.
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).