SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD
\spˈɛnsə fˈʊlətən bˈe͡əd], \spˈɛnsə fˈʊlətən bˈeəd], \s_p_ˈɛ_n_s_ə f_ˈʊ_l_ə_t_ə_n b_ˈeə_d]\
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A distinguished American naturalist; born at Reading, Pa., Feb. 3, 1823; died at Wood's Holl, Mass., Aug. 19, 1887. He became professor of natural sciences at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1845; United States commissioner of fish and fisheries, 1871; secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1878. A very prolific writer, among his more important works may be named: a "Catalogue of North American Reptiles" (1853); "Birds of North America" (with Cassin and Lawrence, 1860); "Mammals of North America" (1858); "History of North American Birds" (with Brewer and Ridgeway, 1874-84); etc. His writings cover nearly every branch of natural history.
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).