PHÆNOGAMOUS
\fanˈɒɡɐməs], \fanˈɒɡɐməs], \f_a_n_ˈɒ_ɡ_ɐ_m_ə_s]\
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PHENOGAMOUS, f[=e]-nog'a-mus, adj. having manifest flowers, phanerogamous.--ns. PHÆ'NOGAM, a phanerogamous plant; PHÆNOG[=A]'MIA=Phanerogamia.--adj. PHÆNOGAM'IC. [Gr. phainein, to show, gamos, marriage.]
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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).