BRONSON HOWARD
\bɹˈɒnsən hˈa͡ʊəd], \bɹˈɒnsən hˈaʊəd], \b_ɹ_ˈɒ_n_s_ə_n h_ˈaʊ_ə_d]\
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A prominent American playwright; born at Detroit, Mich., Oct. 7, 1842; resides in New York. He was connected with several newspapers in that city, 1867-72. Among his very successful plays are: "Saratoga" (1870); "The Banker's Daughter" (1878) "Young Mrs. Winthrop" (1882); "The Henrietta" (1887); "Shenandoah" (1889); "Aristocracy" (1892); "Kate"; "Norroy, Diplomatic Agent"; "Scars on the Southern Seas".
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).