JOHANN WILHELM ZINKEISEN
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊhan wˈɪlhɛlm zˈɪŋka͡ɪzən], \dʒˈəʊhan wˈɪlhɛlm zˈɪŋkaɪzən], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_h_a_n w_ˈɪ_l_h_ɛ_l_m z_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_aɪ_z_ə_n]\
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A German historian; born at Altenburg, April 11, 1803; died at Berlin, Jan. 5, 1863. He edited at Berlin the Official Gazette (Staats-Zeitung: 1840-51). He wrote: "History of the Ottoman Empire in Europe" (7 vols., 1840-63); "History of Greece" (1832-40); 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).