WILHELM ALBRECHT THAER
\wˈɪlhɛlm ˈalbɹɛt͡ʃt θˈe͡ə], \wˈɪlhɛlm ˈalbɹɛtʃt θˈeə], \w_ˈɪ_l_h_ɛ_l_m ˈa_l_b_ɹ_ɛ_tʃ_t θ_ˈeə]\
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A German agriculturist; born at Ludersdorf, near Wriezen on the Oder, Aug. 6, 1828. He was appointed professor in the University of Giessen, 1871. He is author of a "System of Agriculture" (1877); "Ancient Egyptian Husbandry" (1881); "Weeds in Rural Economy" (1881); "Researches in Tenant-Farming" (1890).
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).