BAVARDAGE
\bˈavɑːdɪd͡ʒ], \bˈavɑːdɪdʒ], \b_ˈa_v_ɑː_d_ɪ_dʒ]\
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bav-ar-d[=a]j', n. chattering. [Fr. bavard, garrulous--bave, drivel.]
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).