ALLAN RAMSAY
\ˈalən ɹˈamse͡ɪ], \ˈalən ɹˈamseɪ], \ˈa_l_ə_n ɹ_ˈa_m_s_eɪ]\
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A Scottish poet; born in Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Oct. 15, 1686; died in Edinburgh, Jan. 7, 1758. His fame rests largely upon his "Gentle Shepherd" (1725), a pastoral drama in the Lowland Scotch dialect, to which songs were added (1728). It is regarded as the best pastoral in any language. His principal works are: "Tartana; or, The Plaid" (1721); "Fables and Tales" (1722); "Fair Assembly" (1723); "Health" (1724); "The Tea-Table Miscellany" (1724); "The Evergreen" (1725); and "Thirty Fables" (1730).
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).