JEFFERSON, JOSEPH
\d͡ʒˈɛfəsən], \dʒˈɛfəsən], \dʒ_ˈɛ_f_ə_s_ə_n]\
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actor, born in 1829, was employed in strolling theatre companies from 1832 to 1850. He made his first success as " Asa Trenchard " in " Our American Cousin." He has won his greatest fame as an actor by his rendering of Rip Van Winkle. His acting is marked by variety, vivacity and naturalness.
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).