SUSAN EDMONSTONE FERRIER
\sˈuːzən ˈɛdmənstˌə͡ʊn fˈɛɹɪə], \sˈuːzən ˈɛdmənstˌəʊn fˈɛɹɪə], \s_ˈuː_z_ə_n ˈɛ_d_m_ə_n_s_t_ˌəʊ_n f_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ__ə]\
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A Scotch novelist (1782-1854). She wrote three tales: "Marriage" (1818); "The Inheritance" (1824); "Destiny" (1831). In them is seen a faithful and spirited delineation of Scotch character; and her pages are illumined by a genial wit and a quick sense of the ludicrous.
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).