MANOEL DE ARAUJO PORTO-ALEGRE
\mˈanə͡ʊl dəɹ aɹˈɔːd͡ʒə͡ʊ pˈɔːtə͡ʊɐlˈɛɡə], \mˈanəʊl dəɹ aɹˈɔːdʒəʊ pˈɔːtəʊɐlˈɛɡə], \m_ˈa_n_əʊ_l d_ə_ɹ a_ɹ_ˈɔː_dʒ_əʊ p_ˈɔː_t_əʊ_ɐ_l_ˈɛ_ɡ_ə]\
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A Brazilian poet; born at Rio Pardo, Nov. 29, 1806; died in Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 30, 1879. He frequented the Academy of Arts in Rio de Janeiro, 1826-28; studied painting in Paris and architecture there and in Italy until 1837, when he returned to Rio and was made professor at the Academy of Arts, later at the Military Academy. He was Brazilian consul-general at Stettin in 1859-65, but lived mostly in Berlin, afterwards at Lisbon. His principal works are: "Colombo", an epic, celebrating the discovery of America; and "Brasilianas", a lyric cycle, abounding in splendid descriptions of nature.
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).
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