MANUEL CHRYSOLORAS
\manwˈɛl kɹˈa͡ɪsəlˌɔːɹəz], \manwˈɛl kɹˈaɪsəlˌɔːɹəz], \m_a_n_w_ˈɛ_l k_ɹ_ˈaɪ_s_ə_l_ˌɔː_ɹ_ə_z]\
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A Greek scholar; born in Constantinople, about 1355; died at Constance, April 15, 1415. He was the first to attain eminence in Italy as a teacher of the literature and language of Greece: a work by him called "Queries" (Erotemata) long remained authoritative on Greek grammar.
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).