PSEUDO-
\sˈuːdə͡ʊ], \sˈuːdəʊ], \s_ˈuː_d_əʊ]\
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s[=u]'d[=o], a prefix signifying false or spurious, as in ns. PSEUDÆSTH[=E]'SIA, imaginary feeling, as in an amputated limb; PSEUDEPIG'RAPHA (pl.), spurious writings, especially those writings claiming to be Biblical, but not judged genuine or canonical by the consent of scholars.--adjs. PSEUDEPIGRAPH'IC, -AL.--n. PSEUDEPIG'RAPHY, the ascription to books of false names of authors.--n. PSEU'DO-APOS'TLE, a pretended apostle.--adj. PSEU'DO-ARCH[=A]'IC, archaistic.--ns. PSEUDOBLEP'SIS, visual illusion; PSEU'DO-CHRISTIAN'ITY, counterfeit Christianity; PSEUDOCHR[=O]'MIA, false perception of colour; PSEU'DO-CLAS'SICISM, false or affected classicism.--adjs. PSEU'DODONT, having false teeth, as a monotreme; PSEU'DODOX, false.--n. a common fallacy.--ns. PSEUDOGEU'SIA, false taste-perception; PSEU'DOGRAPH, a false writing.--v.i. PSEUDOG'RAPHISE, to write incorrectly.--ns. PSEUDOG'RAPHY, bad spelling; PSEUDOL'OGY, the science of lying; PSEU'DO-MAR'TYR, a false martyr; PSEUDOMEM'BRANE, a false membrane, or lining, as in some diseases of the throat.--adj. PSEUDOMEM'BRANOUS.--n. PSEU'DOMORPH.--adj. PSEUDOMOR'PHOUS, deceptive in form: (min.) noting crystals which have a form of crystallisation foreign to the species to which they belong.--ns. PSEU'DONYM, a fictitious name assumed, as by an author; PSEUDONYM'ITY, state of being pseudonymous.--adj. PSEUDON'YMOUS, bearing a fictitious name.--adv. PSEUDON'YMOUSLY.--n.pl. PSEUDOP[=O]'DIA, the processes alternately thrust forth and drawn back by amoeboid cells:--sing. PSEUDOP[=O]'DIUM, PSEU'DOPOD.--n. PSEU'DOSCOPE, a species of stereoscope which causes the parts of bodies in relief to appear hollow, and vice versâ.--adj. PSEUDOSCOP'IC.--n. PSEU'DOSCOPY. [Gr. pseud[=e]s, false.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).