BEGHARD
\bˈɛɡhəd], \bˈɛɡhəd], \b_ˈɛ_ɡ_h_ə_d]\
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Societies of laymen in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, first appearing in the thirteenth century, subsisting mostly by mendicancy, and little esteemed; disappearing in the latter part of the fourteenth century. But the correct use of the word is uncertain, and their history very obscure. [L.L.] (Orders, Mendicant; Tertiaries.)
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).