PTOMAÏNE
\tˈɒmɐˌiːn], \tˈɒmɐˌiːn], \t_ˈɒ_m_ɐ_ˌiː_n]\
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t[=o]'ma-in, n. a somewhat loosely used generic name for those bodies, usually poisonous, formed from animal tissues during putrefaction--putrescine, cadaverine, creatinin, neurin, choline, muscarine, &c.--Also PT[=O]'MAÃN. [Gr. pt[=o]ma, a corpse--piptein, to fall.]
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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).