SHASTER
\ʃˈe͡ɪstə], \ʃˈeɪstə], \ʃ_ˈeɪ_s_t_ə]\
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shas't[.e]r, n. a text-book, an authoritative religious and legal book among the Hindus.--Also SHAS'TRA. [Sans. ç[=a]stra--ç[=a]s, to teach.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).