MARTIN DE ULLOA
\mˈɑːtɪn dəɹ ʌlˈə͡ʊə], \mˈɑːtɪn dəɹ ʌlˈəʊə], \m_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_n d_ə_ɹ ʌ_l_ˈəʊ_ə]\
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A Spanish philologist and historical writer; born at Seville, 1730; died at Cordova, 1800. He wrote: "Memoir on the Origin and Genius of the Castilian Language" (1760); "Dissertation on the Origin of the Goths" (1781); "Researches on the First Inhabitants of Spain" (1789); "Dissertation on Duels" (1789).
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).