NOAH BROOKS
\nˈə͡ʊʌ bɹˈʊks], \nˈəʊʌ bɹˈʊks], \n_ˈəʊ_ʌ b_ɹ_ˈʊ_k_s]\
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An American journalist and author; born in Castine, Me., Oct. 24, 1830. Since 1850 he has been connected with newspapers in Massachusetts, California, Washington, and New York. He has written many popular books for boys, among which are: "The Fairport Nine" (1880); "Our Baseball Club" (1884); "How the Republic is Governed". He has recently edited and enlarged Bryant and Gay's "History of the U. S". Died Aug. 6, 1903.
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).