EDWARD BURNETT TYLOR
\ˈɛdwəd bˈɜːnɪt tˈa͡ɪlə], \ˈɛdwəd bˈɜːnɪt tˈaɪlə], \ˈɛ_d_w_ə_d b_ˈɜː_n_ɪ_t t_ˈaɪ_l_ə]\
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An English writer on the early history of civilization; born at Camberwell, Oct. 2, 1832. He wrote: "Anahuac; or, Mexico and the Mexicans" (1861); "Early History of Mankind and of Civilization" (1865; 3d ed. 1878); "Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom" (1871; 3d ed. 1891); "Anthropology" (1881).
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).