EUGENE FROMENTIN
\jˈuːd͡ʒiːn fɹˈə͡ʊmɪntˌɪn], \jˈuːdʒiːn fɹˈəʊmɪntˌɪn], \j_ˈuː_dʒ_iː_n f_ɹ_ˈəʊ_m_ɪ_n_t_ˌɪ_n]\
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A French artist, critic, and writer of travel sketches; born in La Rochelle, Oct. 24, 1820; died in St. Maurice near La Rochelle, Aug. 27, 1876. A journey undertaken in the interest of art resulted in "A Year in the Sahel" (5th ed. 1884) and "A Summer in the Sahara" (9th ed. 1888). He has also entered another department of literature with "The Masters of a Former Day" (1876), a happy bit of appreciation of old painters.
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).