LENTIGO
\lˈɛntɪɡˌə͡ʊ], \lˈɛntɪɡˌəʊ], \l_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_ɡ_ˌəʊ]\
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By Princeton University
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By William R. Warner
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Syn.: freckles, ephelides. A cutaneous disease characterized by brown lenticular spots on the skin due to pigmentation, and occurring most commonly on the face, neck, hands, and arms. Sometimes, but not necessarily, it is provoked by exposure to the sun. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).