FATES
\fˈe͡ɪts], \fˈeɪts], \f_ˈeɪ_t_s]\
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n. pl. In ancient mythology, the Destinies or Parcae, who were supposed to determine the course of human life, their names were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the first is represented as holding the distaff, the second as spinning, and the third as cutting the thread of human life.
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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).