VALERIAN KALINKA
\valˈi͡əɹɪən kˈe͡ɪlɪŋkə], \valˈiəɹɪən kˈeɪlɪŋkə], \v_a_l_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_n k_ˈeɪ_l_ɪ_ŋ_k_ə]\
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A Polish historian, political writer, and journalist; born in 1826; died in 1886. His masterwork, "The Great Diet", was intended to be a thorough study of the political history of Poland; only the first volume appeared (1880).
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).