LEO JOUBERT
\lˈiːə͡ʊ d͡ʒˈa͡ʊbət], \lˈiːəʊ dʒˈaʊbət], \l_ˈiː__əʊ dʒ_ˈaʊ_b_ə_t]\
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A French biographer and historical writer; born in Bourdeilles, Dordogne, Dec. 13, 1826. He is skillful, accurate, and readable, as a miscellaneous biographical writer; and his best studies, "Washington and the Formation of the Republic of the United States of America" (1888), "Alexander the Great" (1889), and "The Battle of Sedan" (1873), are popular.
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).