LYMAN ABBOTT
\lˈa͡ɪmən ˈabət], \lˈaɪmən ˈabət], \l_ˈaɪ_m_ə_n ˈa_b_ə_t]\
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An American author; born at Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 18, 1835. At first a lawyer, he was ordained minister of the Congregational Church in 1860. After a pastorate of five years in Indiana he came to New York, and rose rapidly to distinction through his contributions to periodical literature. He is pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, being the immediate successor of Henry Ward Beecher. He was associated with Mr. Beecher in the editorship of the Christian Union, and is now editor of The Outlook, formerly the Christian Union. His writings include "Jesus of Nazareth" (1869); a "Life of Henry Ward Beecher" (1883); "In Aid of Faith" (1886); "Christianity and Social Problems" (1896); "The Evolution of Christianity"; "Signs of Promise"; "An Evolutionist's Theology";, "New Streams in Old Channels"; "Personality of God"; "Industrial Problems".
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).