FOSSA
\fˈɒsə], \fˈɒsə], \f_ˈɒ_s_ə]\
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By Princeton University
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A cavity of greater or less depth, the entrance to which is always larger than the base. The fossae of bones have been called simple, when they belong to one bone only, as the parietal fossae; and compound, (F.) Fosses composees, when several concur in their formation, as the orbitar fossae, temporal fossa, &c.
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).