CONFLATION
\kənflˈe͡ɪʃən], \kənflˈeɪʃən], \k_ə_n_f_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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Combining or blending of two or more versions of atext; confusion or mixing up. Conflation algorithms areused in databases.[Any specific technical meaning?]
By Denis Howe
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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).