CONWAY, THOMAS
\kˈɒnwe͡ɪ], \kˈɒnweɪ], \k_ˈɒ_n_w_eɪ]\
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(1733-1800?), soldier, came to the United States in 1777 and was made brigadier-general, and was present at Brandywine and Germantown. He was leader of the conspiracy against Washington, known as the "Conway Cabal," on account of which he was wounded in a duel with General John Cadwalader. Soon after he returned to France, and was made Governor of Pondicherry.
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).