EDWARD CAPERN
\ˈɛdwəd kˈapən], \ˈɛdwəd kˈapən], \ˈɛ_d_w_ə_d k_ˈa_p_ə_n]\
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An English poet; born at Tiverton, Devonshire, Jan. 29, 1811. He attracted the notice of Walter Savage Landor in consequence of the beauty and feeling of his poems, descriptive of life and character in his native county, where he was long in the mail service, and known in consequence as "The Rural Postman of Bideford". His best work is in "Wayside Warbles"; "Sungleams and Shadow"; and "Ballads and Songs". Died at Braunton, June 4, 1894.
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).