GEORG ROLLENHAGEN
\d͡ʒˈɔːɡ ɹˈə͡ʊlənhˌɑːɡən], \dʒˈɔːɡ ɹˈəʊlənhˌɑːɡən], \dʒ_ˈɔː_ɡ ɹ_ˈəʊ_l_ə_n_h_ˌɑː_ɡ_ə_n]\
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A German poet; born at Bernau, April 22, 1542; died at Magdeburg, May 20, 1609. His great work is the remarkable heroic-comic and didactic poem entitled "Froschmeuseler, the Grand Court of the Frogs and Mice" (1595); where, under the guise of frogs, rats, mice, cats, and foxes, the author describes the poor people of his day, - their customs, domestic life, temporal and spiritual government, and lastly their military state. He also wrote "The Limping Courier", and the dramas, "Abraham"; "Tobit"; "Lazarus".
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).