JOHN DORAN
\d͡ʒˈɒn dˈɔːɹən], \dʒˈɒn dˈɔːɹən], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n d_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_n]\
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An English essayist and critic; born in London, Mar. 11, 1807; died there Jan. 25, 1878. He wrote "The Wandering Jew" when he was fifteen, and the Surrey Theatre staged it. His maturer performances, "Table Traits and Something on Them" (1854), "New Pictures and Old Panels" (1859), and a "History of Court Fools" (1858), have merit.
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).