WHISPERHOOD
\wˈɪspəhˌʊd], \wˈɪspəhˌʊd], \w_ˈɪ_s_p_ə_h_ˌʊ_d]\
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The state of being a whisper: the initial condition of a rumor, that is, the time when it was only whispered or insinuated. "I know a lie, that now disturbed half the kingdom with its noise, which although too proud and great at present to own its parents, I can remember its whisperhood."-Swift.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).