JORRIS KARL HUYSMANS
\d͡ʒˈɒɹɪs kˈɑːl hˈa͡ɪsmənz], \dʒˈɒɹɪs kˈɑːl hˈaɪsmənz], \dʒ_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_s k_ˈɑː_l h_ˈaɪ_s_m_ə_n_z]\
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A French novelist; born in Paris, Feb. 5, 1848. He studied law and entered the French civil service, but abandoned it for literature. At first a pronounced realist, he turned to idealism and even mysticism. He first attracted notice by the story "Pack on Back"; then followed "Martha", "The Vatard Sisters", "The Menage", and others. The latest expression of his theories is in "Down There" (La-bas). His style is dreamy and intensely delicate, but obscure at times. D. 1906.
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).
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