TITUS CALPURNIUS SICULUS
\tˈa͡ɪtəs kalpˈɜːnɪəs sˈɪkjʊləs], \tˈaɪtəs kalpˈɜːnɪəs sˈɪkjʊləs], \t_ˈaɪ_t_ə_s k_a_l_p_ˈɜː_n_ɪ__ə_s s_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
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A Roman poet; born about 30 A. D.; died about 80 A. D. He appears toward the commencement of Nero's reign with various eclogues and bucolics, palpable imitations of Virgil and of Theocritus, and conceived in a spirit of servile adulation of his imperial master.
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).