ANN RADCLIFFE
\ˈan ɹˈadklɪf], \ˈan ɹˈadklɪf], \ˈa_n ɹ_ˈa_d_k_l_ɪ_f]\
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An English novelist; born in London, July 9, 1764; died 1823. She was once very popular, but is not now read. Her best-known novel, still familiar by name as a type of the pseudo-mediaeval, is "The Mysteries of Udolpho" (1794), which ran through many editions. She also wrote: "The Castles of Athlin and Dunboyne" (1789); "A Sicilian Romance" (1790); "The Romance of the Forest" (1791); and "The Italian" (1797).
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).