LUCAS ROTGANS
\lˈuːkəz ɹˈɒtɡənz], \lˈuːkəz ɹˈɒtɡənz], \l_ˈuː_k_ə_z ɹ_ˈɒ_t_ɡ_ə_n_z]\
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A Dutch poet; born in Amsterdam, October 1645; died at Kromwyck, Nov. 3, 1710. He wrote an epic poem of great merit, in eight cantos, of which the hero is William of Orange (William III. of England); two tragedies, "Eneas and Turnus" and "Scylla", played with great success for a long time; "The Parish Feast", a descriptive poem in two songs; and "Miscellaneous Poems".
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).