EDVARD BRANDES
\ˈɛdvɑːd bɹˈandz], \ˈɛdvɑːd bɹˈandz], \ˈɛ_d_v_ɑː_d b_ɹ_ˈa_n_d_z]\
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A Danish dramatist, story-writer, and essayist; born in Copenhagen, Oct. 21, 1847. Of his plays, "A Visit", "Love", and "Under the Rule" are best known; while studies on art subjects denote his critical taste, and "The Politician" shows him capable of well-planned and well-told fiction.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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).