MODESTO LAFUENTE
\mɒdˈɛstə͡ʊ lafwˈɛnte͡ɪ], \mɒdˈɛstəʊ lafwˈɛnteɪ], \m_ɒ_d_ˈɛ_s_t_əʊ l_a_f_w_ˈɛ_n_t_eɪ]\
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A Spanish historian; born at Rabanel de los Caballeros, 1806; died there, Oct. 25, 1866. Under the pseudonym "Fray Gerundio" he published a series of satirical sketches which had wide circulation; but his principal work is a "General History of Spain" (30 vols., 1850-66). It is written without partisanship, and is the fruit of laborious research; the style is excellent.
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).