OSTREA
\ɒstɹˈi͡ə], \ɒstɹˈiə], \ɒ_s_t_ɹ_ˈiə]\
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The oyster. The oyster is a wholesome article of diet, often advised as analeptic and easy of digestion. The shells, Testae Ostreae, Testa (Ph. U.S.), (F.) ecailles d'huitres, have been received into the Pharmacopoeias, and used medicinally. Their virtues are similar to those of the carbonate of lime. See Creta.
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).