VALKYR
\vˈalkə], \vˈalkə], \v_ˈa_l_k_ə]\
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By James Champlin Fernald
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val'kir, n. (Scand. myth.) one of the nine handmaidens of Odin, serving at the banquet of Valhalla--also VALKYR'IA, WAL'KYR.--adjs. VALKYR'IAN, WALKYR'IAN. [Ice. valkyrja--valr, the slain, kyrja--kjósa, to choose. Ger. Walküre.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).