STALAGMITE
\stˈalɐɡmˌa͡ɪt], \stˈalɐɡmˌaɪt], \s_t_ˈa_l_ɐ_ɡ_m_ˌaɪ_t]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A cone of carbonate of lime on the floor of a cavern, formed by the dripping of water from the roof.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Stalagmitic.
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An incrustation on the floor of a cavern; the counterpart of a cavern; the counterpart of a stalactite, often rising to join it.
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Stalagmitical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).