ALUMEN COMMUNE
\ɐlˈuːmɛn kˈɒmjuːn], \ɐlˈuːmɛn kˈɒmjuːn], \ɐ_l_ˈuː_m_ɛ_n k_ˈɒ_m_j_uː_n]\
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It is in octahedral crystals, but generally in large, white, semitransparent masses; has a sweetish, styptic taste: effloresces in the air, and is soluble in 16 parts of water at 60. It is tonic and astringent, and as such is used internally and externally. Dose gr. v to xv.
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).