ACCIDENTAL COLOURS
\ˌaksɪdˈɛntə͡l kˈʌləz], \ˌaksɪdˈɛntəl kˈʌləz], \ˌa_k_s_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_n_t_əl k_ˈʌ_l_ə_z]\
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Colours depending on the affections of the eye. If after looking steadily at a coloured window we look at a white wall, we see a ghost of the window in complementary colours ; this is an A. image of the window, and its colours are Accidental colours.
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).