SERPIGINOUS
\sɜːpˈɪd͡ʒɪnəs], \sɜːpˈɪdʒɪnəs], \s_ɜː_p_ˈɪ_dʒ_ɪ_n_ə_s]\
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By William R. Warner
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An epithet given to certain affections, which creep, as it were, from one part to another,-‘Serpiginous erysipelas,’ (F.) Erysipele serpigineux.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).