COPE, EDWARD DRINKER
\kˈə͡ʊp], \kˈəʊp], \k_ˈəʊ_p]\
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Naturalist and comparative anatomist, was born in Philadelphia in 1840. He has contributed extensively to the development of palaeontology, and has been honored by scientific societies at home and abroad.
By John Franklin Jameson
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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).