NOAH PORTER
\nˈə͡ʊʌ pˈɔːtə], \nˈəʊʌ pˈɔːtə], \n_ˈəʊ_ʌ p_ˈɔː_t_ə]\
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An eminent American clergyman, educator, and author; born at Farmington, Conn., Dec. 14, 1811; died in New Haven, Conn., March 4, 1892. In 1846 he was appointed professor of metaphysics at Yale University; and was president of that institution from 1871 to 1885. The most valuable of his numerous works are: "Human Intellect" (1868); "Books and Reading" (1870); "American Colleges and the American Public" (1870); "Moral Science" (1885).
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).