OSKAR BLUMENTHAL
\ˈɒskɑː bljˈuːmənθə͡l], \ˈɒskɑː bljˈuːmənθəl], \ˈɒ_s_k_ɑː b_l_j_ˈuː_m_ə_n_θ_əl]\
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A German dramatist and critic; born in Berlin, March 13, 1852. Sprightliness of dialogue is the most distinguishing character of his plays; the most successful of them are: "The Big Bell"; "A Drop of Poison"; "The Black Veil"; "Severe Masters". He has published several volumes of critical and miscellaneous essays.
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).