BENJAMIN BRIERLEY
\bˈɛnd͡ʒəmɪn bɹˈa͡ɪ͡əlɪ], \bˈɛndʒəmɪn bɹˈaɪəlɪ], \b_ˈɛ_n_dʒ_ə_m_ɪ_n b_ɹ_ˈaɪə_l_ɪ]\
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An English sketch writer; born in Failsworth. Lancashire, in 1825. His reputation rests on numerous stories and sketches written in the Lancashire dialect. His pseudonym is "Ab-o'-th' Yate". Among his best books are: "Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life" (London, 1862) and "Chronicles of Waverlow" (1863). "Ab-o'-th'-Yate in Yankeeland", two visits to America (1887). Died at Manchester, Jan. 18, 1896.
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).