FRIENDSTER
\fɹˈɛndstə], \fɹˈɛndstə], \f_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_d_s_t_ə]\
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Launched in 2002. The predecessor to similar sites MySpace and Facebook. Social networking website whose popularity has declined due to competition. Intended to have worldwide individuals become friends through social, online communication and exchange.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).