EVERETT, WILLIAM
\ˈɛvəɹɪt], \ˈɛvəɹɪt], \ˈɛ_v_ə_ɹ_ɪ_t]\
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son of Edward Everett, was born in 1839. He was assistant professor of Latin at Harvard from 1863 to 1881, and became principal of the Adams School in 1882. In 1893 he was elected to Congress from Massachusetts as an Independent Democrat.
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).