CALLOSE
\kˈalə͡ʊz], \kˈaləʊz], \k_ˈa_l_əʊ_z]\
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Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
By Noah Webster.
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[Latin] An occasional carbohydrate or periodic component of plant cell walls, as on sieve-plates. a. Having callosities.
By J.H. Kenneth
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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).