ULRICH HEGNER
\ˈʌlɹɪt͡ʃ hˈɛɡnə], \ˈʌlɹɪtʃ hˈɛɡnə], \ˈʌ_l_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ h_ˈɛ_ɡ_n_ə]\
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A Swiss story writer and humorist; born in Winterthur, Feb. 7, 1759; died there, Jan. 3, 1840. His reputation was made by "The Whey Cure" (Die Molkenkur) and "Susan's Nuptials". "Sally's Revolution Days" is an effective picture of conditions in Switzerland at the end of the last century.
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).