MAN-MADE DISASTER
\mˈanmˌe͡ɪd dˌɪsˈastə], \mˈanmˌeɪd dˌɪsˈastə], \m_ˈa_n_m_ˌeɪ_d d_ˌɪ_s_ˈa_s_t_ə]\
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Deliberate or negligent human actions directly and principally caused one or more identifiable disastrous events. Also known as human-made disaster. Contrast to natural disaster.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).
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