BASCOM JOHN
\bˈaskɒm d͡ʒˈɒn], \bˈaskɒm dʒˈɒn], \b_ˈa_s_k_ɒ_m dʒ_ˈɒ_n]\
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An American educator and philosophical writer; born at Geneva, N. Y., 1827. He was president of the University of Wisconsin (1874-87). He has written a number of philosophical works, among them: "Philosophy of English Literature" (1874), lectures before the Lowell Institute; "Comparative Psychology" (1878); "Sociology" (1887), etc.
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).