JULIUS ZEYER
\d͡ʒˈuːlɪəs zˈe͡ɪə], \dʒˈuːlɪəs zˈeɪə], \dʒ_ˈuː_l_ɪ__ə_s z_ˈeɪ_ə]\
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A Czech novelist and poet; born at Prague, 1842. After traveling extensively on the Continent, he spent several years teaching in Russia. He has written in prose "Andrew Cernysev", a notable romance; "Miss Olympia"; "Count Xavier"; "Madrana's Adventure"; "Tales of Sosana"; "The True Friendship of Amis and Amil"; etc.: and in verse, "Vysehrad", a series of epic poems, based on Bohemian ancient history.
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).