WINCHESTER, JAMES
\wˈɪnt͡ʃɛstə], \wˈɪntʃɛstə], \w_ˈɪ_n_tʃ_ɛ_s_t_ə]\
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(1752-1826), served in the Revolutionary army. He was made Commander of the Fort Wayne in 1812. He fortified Maumee Rapids in 1813. He was defeated by a superior force of the British and Indians under Colonel Proctor at Rasin River in 1813 (See Rasin River.)
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).