CONTEXT-FREE
\kˈɒntɛkstfɹˈiː], \kˈɒntɛkstfɹˈiː], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɛ_k_s_t_f_ɹ_ˈiː]\
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Said of a grammar where the syntax of each constituent isindependent of the symbols occuring before and after it in asentence. Parsers for such grammars are simpler than thosefor context-dependent grammars because the parser need onlyknow the current symbol.
By Denis Howe
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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).