CORINNA
\kˈɒɹɪnə], \kˈɒɹɪnə], \k_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_n_ə]\
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A famed Greek poet; born at Tanagra, Boeotia, about 500 B. C. She was a contemporary of Pindar, sometimes his competitor for poetical prizes. She was celebrated for her beauty, and nicknamed "The Fly" to distinguish her from another poet called "The Bee". Only fragments of her poems have been preserved.
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).