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(Math.) Such as can be written as fractions in which numerator and denominator are factorials of the same number of factors having unity for a common difference ; the first factor in the denominator is unity, but in the numerator it may be any number whatever ; 7.8.9 /1.2.3 = 84, which is a F. N. See Factorial.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).