LOUIS AMEDEE ACHARD
\lˈuːi ˈe͡ɪmdiː ɐt͡ʃˈɑːd], \lˈuːi ˈeɪmdiː ɐtʃˈɑːd], \l_ˈuː_i_ ˈeɪ_m_d_iː_ ɐ_tʃ_ˈɑː_d]\
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A French novelist and publicist (1814-75). Originally a merchant, he became a contributor to several papers in Paris in 1838. After the revolution of 1848 he was for a time active as a political writer in support of the royalist cause. From 1848 to 1872 the Revue des Deux Mondes brought out a new story from his pen almost every year. He depicts pre-eminently conflicts in family life and society. "Parisian Letters" (1838, under the pseudonym "Grimm") made his reputation; his other works are: "Belle Rose" (1847); "The Royal Chase" (1849-50); "Castles in Spain" (1854), a collection of stories; "The Shirt of Nessus" (1855); etc.
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).