CONFUSIO
\kənfjˈuːsɪˌə͡ʊ], \kənfjˈuːsɪˌəʊ], \k_ə_n_f_j_ˈuː_s_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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A disease of the eye, which consists in the mixture of the humours. - Galen. In modern times Synchysis has been applied to a morbid state of the vitreous body, in which it is reduced to a diffluent condition. Occasionally, sparkling bodies are perceptible, which seem to be seated behind the crystalline, in the vitreous humour: hence, the disease has been called sparkling synchysis or spintheropia. Confusio has, also, been used synonymously with Complexio.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).