PRECIPITATING FACTORS
\pɹɪsˈɪpɪtˌe͡ɪtɪŋ fˈaktəz], \pɹɪsˈɪpɪtˌeɪtɪŋ fˈaktəz], \p_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_p_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ f_ˈa_k_t_ə_z]\
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Factors associated with the definitive onset of a disease, illness, accident, behavioral response, or course of action. Usually one factor is more important or more obviously recognizable than others, if several are involved, and one may often be regarded as "necessary". Examples include exposure to specific disease; amount or level of an infectious organism, drug, or noxious agent, etc.
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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).