ALKALOIDS
\ˈalkɐlˌɔ͡ɪdz], \ˈalkɐlˌɔɪdz], \ˈa_l_k_ɐ_l_ˌɔɪ_d_z]\
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So called from their power of forming definite salts with the acids ; substances remarkably affecting the human system ; having alkaline properties in a low degree ; mostly vegetable, as morphia, strychnine, nicotine, caffeine ; but there are animal A. also, as urea, kreatine.
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).