SISYMBRIUM SOPHIA
\sɪsˈɪmbɹi͡əm sˈɒfiə], \sɪsˈɪmbɹiəm sˈɒfiə], \s_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_m_b_ɹ_iə_m s_ˈɒ_f_i__ə]\
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It was once reputed to be anthelmintic, and valuable in hysterical affections. It is not used. Other species of Nasturtium, as N. PALUSTRE, Marsh water-cress; and N. AMPHIBIUM, Water-radish, possess similar virtues with Nasturtium officinale.
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).