GUMMI NOSTRAS
\ɡˈʌmi nˈɒstɹəz], \ɡˈʌmi nˈɒstɹəz], \ɡ_ˈʌ_m_i n_ˈɒ_s_t_ɹ_ə_z]\
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These generic names are given to several species of gum, which flow spontaneously from certain indigenous fruit trees, - such as the almond, cherry, peach, apricot, &c. The indigenous gums have nearly the same properties as gum Arabic; but they are inferior to it.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).