CATULLE MENDES
\kˈatʌl mˈɛndz], \kˈatʌl mˈɛndz], \k_ˈa_t_ʌ_l m_ˈɛ_n_d_z]\
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A French poet and novelist; born at Bordeaux, May 22, 1843. His verse is marked by extreme devotion to form; his style has been called the cameo-art in literature. The collection entitled "Poesies" appeared in 1878. In prose he has written "Love's Follies" (1877), "Parisian Monsters" (1882), "To Read at the Bath" (1884), etc.; the dramas "Captain Fracasse" (1872), "Fiamette" (1889), etc. His best novels are "Grande-Maguet" (1888); and "Rainbow" (1897). Died Feb. 8, 1908.
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).