METHANE
\mˈiːθe͡ɪn], \mˈiːθeɪn], \m_ˈiː_θ_eɪ_n]\
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Marsh-gas; the saturated hydrocarbon, CH4, which forms the first member of the paraffin series. A colorless, odorless gas produced in the decomposition of organic matter (especially cellulose) by a peculiar fermentation (see Fermentation), and occurring in marshes, etc. and in the intestines.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).