JENS JAKOB ASMUSSEN WORSAAE
\d͡ʒˈɛnz d͡ʒˈakɒb ɐsmˈʌsən wˈɜːsɑː], \dʒˈɛnz dʒˈakɒb ɐsmˈʌsən wˈɜːsɑː], \dʒ_ˈɛ_n_z dʒ_ˈa_k_ɒ_b ɐ_s_m_ˈʌ_s_ə_n w_ˈɜː_s_ɑː]\
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A Danish historian; born at Veile, Jutland, March 14, 1821; died near Holbak, Aug. 15, 1885. He was director of the Museum of Northern Antiquities, Copenhagen, from 1866; minister of public worship 1874-75. He wrote: "Primeval Antiquities of Denmark" (1843); "Account of the Danes in England, Scotland, and Ireland" (1851); "The Danish Conquest of England and Normandy" (1863); etc.
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).