CARBONIC
\kɑːbˈɒnɪk], \kɑːbˈɒnɪk], \k_ɑː_b_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
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Relating to carbon. CARBONIC ACID is an acid formed of carbon and oxygen, generally gaseous, and evolved by respiration and combustion.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).