PEABODY MUSEUM
\pˈiːbɒdi mjuːzˈi͡əm], \pˈiːbɒdi mjuːzˈiəm], \p_ˈiː_b_ɒ_d_i m_j_uː_z_ˈiə_m]\
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Instituted as part of Harvard University in 1866 by George Peabody, an American banker, living in England. The best organized work in archaeology and ethnology accomplished in the United States has been done under the auspices of this institution.
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).