GRAS FONDURE
\ɡɹˈɑːz fˈɒndjʊ͡ə], \ɡɹˈɑːz fˈɒndjʊə], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈɑː_z f_ˈɒ_n_d_j_ʊə]\
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Literally, molten grease. A species of diarrhoea, referred to by old writers; accompanied with great emaciation, and in which the evacuations contain fat-like matter. According to Sauvages, the Gras fondure differs from colliquative diarrhoea in not being attended with hectic fever.
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).