MOROSITATES
\mɔːɹˈɒsɪtˌe͡ɪts], \mɔːɹˈɒsɪtˌeɪts], \m_ɔː_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t_s]\
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A generic name given by Linnaeus to an order of Vesanias, in which he included pica, bulimia, polydipsia, antipathia, Lostalgia, panophobia, satyriasis, nymphomania, tarentismut, and hydrophobia.
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).
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