BANCROFT, EDWARD
\bˈankɹɒft], \bˈankɹɒft], \b_ˈa_n_k_ɹ_ɒ_f_t]\
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(1744-1820), an American of literary and scientific tastes residing in England, during the Revolutionary War, through friendship with Deane and Franklin obtained information which he sold to the British government.
By John Franklin Jameson
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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).