CONSISTENTIA
\kɒnsɪstˈɛnʃə], \kɒnsɪstˈɛnʃə], \k_ɒ_n_s_ɪ_s_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə]\
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Consistere, (con and sistere) to stand still. A term employed in two sense. 1. When joined to the word Morbi or Aetatis, it expresses the acme of a disease, or the age at which the constitution has acquired its full strength. 2. By Consistentia humoris is meant the density of a humour.
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).