IVAN ALEKSANDROVICH GONCHAROV
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A Russian novelist; born in Simbirsk, June 18, 1812; died at St. Petersburg, Sept. 27, 1891. Upon completing his university studies at Moscow, he obtained a post under the government and was sent to Japan in its service. He studied languages and translated numerous masterpieces of literature into Russian, but soon began the production of works of his own. These include "Jean Podzabryn", a tale of life among the high functionaries of the empire, and "Oblomof".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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- 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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