AONIUS PALEARIUS
\e͡ɪˈɒnɪəs pe͡ɪlˈe͡əɹɪəs], \eɪˈɒnɪəs peɪlˈeəɹɪəs], \eɪ_ˈɒ_n_ɪ__ə_s p_eɪ_l_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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An Italian polemic writer; born at Veroli in the Pontifical States; died at Rome, 1570. He wrote several theological dissertations, and a notable "Disputation against the Roman Pontiffs and their Adherents"; his best work is a poem "On the Immortality of the Soul" (1531), one of the finest specimens of Latin poetry written in the 16th century.
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).
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