LEAGUE OF SMALCALD
\lˈiːɡ ɒv smˈalkə͡ld], \lˈiːɡ ɒv smˈalkəld], \l_ˈiː_ɡ ɒ_v s_m_ˈa_l_k_əl_d]\
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A combination of Protestant princes of Germany, 1530, to support the cause, generally, against Charles V; but especially to prevent the assembling of any Council professing to represent the whole Church, unless independently of papal influence.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).