WEST, LIONEL SACKVILLE SACKVILLE
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born in 1827, was British Minister to the United States from 1881 to 1888, when he was recalled for publishing a letter giving advice in regard to voting in the United States. In 1888 he became Lord Sackville. (See Murcheson Letter.)
By John Franklin Jameson
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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).
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