ADAM GOTTLOB OEHLENSCHLAGER
\ˈadəm ɡˈɒtlɒb ˈə͡ʊhlənʃlɪd͡ʒə], \ˈadəm ɡˈɒtlɒb ˈəʊhlənʃlɪdʒə], \ˈa_d_ə_m ɡ_ˈɒ_t_l_ɒ_b ˈəʊ_h_l_ə_n_ʃ_l_ɪ_dʒ_ə]\
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A leading Danish poet; born near Copenhagen, Nov. 14, 1779; died Jan. 20, 1850. His works comprise: "Poems" (1803); "First Song of the Edda"; "A Journey to Langeland"; "The Life of Christ Annually Repeated in Nature"; "Earl Hakon"; "Thor's Journey to Jotunheim"; "Palnatoke"; "Axel and Valborg"; "The Little Shepherd Boy"; and several tragedies, including "Socrates" and "Hamlet".
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).