LYRID
\lˈɪɹɪd], \lˈɪɹɪd], \l_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_d]\
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One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; - so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
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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).