WILLIS GAYLORD CLARK
\wˈɪlis ɡˈe͡ɪlɔːd klˈɑːk], \wˈɪlis ɡˈeɪlɔːd klˈɑːk], \w_ˈɪ_l_i_s ɡ_ˈeɪ_l_ɔː_d k_l_ˈɑː_k]\
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An American poet, twin brother of Lewis Gaylord; born in Otisco, N. Y., March 5, 1810; died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 12, 1841. He became associate editor of the Columbian Star, a religious weekly paper (1830), but resigned shortly after to take charge of the Philadelphia Gazette. His longest poem is "The Spirit of Life" (1833). A complete edition of his poems, edited by his brother, appeared in 1847.
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).