ADA CHRISTEN
\ˈe͡ɪdə kɹˈɪstən], \ˈeɪdə kɹˈɪstən], \ˈeɪ_d_ə k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_n]\
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pseudonym of Christiane Breden. An Austrian poet and novelist; born in Vienna, March 6, 1844. Her first success was the volume of poems "Songs of One Lost" (1868); a collection evincing delicacy of sentiment blended with the vigor of health. Her subsequent verse, in "Shadows" (1873) and "From the Deep" (1878), revealed an accession of power. Her novel of "Ella" (1873) is a fair production, and the drama "Faustina" (1871) merits praise; but her best prose is in the book of tales and sketches called "From Life" (1876).
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).