GASTON BOISSIER
\ɡˈastən bˈɔ͡ɪsɪə], \ɡˈastən bˈɔɪsɪə], \ɡ_ˈa_s_t_ə_n b_ˈɔɪ_s_ɪ__ə]\
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A French biographical and critical writer; born at Nimes, 1823. He is a member of the Academy, and has won celebrity with "Cicero and his Friends"; "Life of Madame de Sevigne"; "Archaeological Walks in Rome and Naples"; and others. He was a frequent contributor to French periodical literature. Died June 10, 1908.
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).