THEODOR KIRCHHOFF
\θiːədˈɔː kˈɜːt͡ʃhɒf], \θiːədˈɔː kˈɜːtʃhɒf], \θ_iː__ə_d_ˈɔː k_ˈɜː_tʃ_h_ɒ_f]\
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A German-American poet; born at Utersen, Jan. 8, 1828. Residing in the United States, he writes in German and publishes in Germany. With his brother Christian, he published "Songs of War and Love" (1864), and another volume of poems, "Adelpha" (1869). Alone, he has written: "Pictures of Travel and Sketches from America" (2 vols., 1875-76); "Ballads and Recent Poems" (1883); "Pictures of Californian Civilization" (1886); "A Trip to Hawaii" (1890).
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).