DOMESDAY-BOOK
\dˈə͡ʊmsde͡ɪbˈʊk], \dˈəʊmsdeɪbˈʊk], \d_ˈəʊ_m_s_d_eɪ_b_ˈʊ_k]\
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This book, called Liber Judiciarius or Censualis Anglioe, and drawn up by order of William the Conqueror, contains a general survey of English lands, describing the amounts under the several forms of culture, and giving, in many cases, the number of the inhabitants, free or bond.
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).