MICHAEL BALUCKI
\mˈa͡ɪkə͡l bˈaləkˌi], \mˈaɪkəl bˈaləkˌi], \m_ˈaɪ_k_əl b_ˈa_l_ə_k_ˌi]\
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A Polish dramatist and novelist; born in Cracow, Sept. 29, 1837. He wrote at first under the pseudonym "Elpidon", and is most popular as a story-teller of satirical tendency, ridiculing the shortcomings and prejudices of Polish society. Of his novels may be mentioned: "The Awakened" (1864); "The Old and the Young" (1866); "Life among Ruins" (1870); "The Jewess" (1871); "For Sins not Committed". (1879); "250,000" (1883). The best among his comedies are: "The Chase after a Man" (1869); "The Emancipated" (1873); "Amateur Theatre" (1879); "The Open House" (1883). He also wrote good lyric poetry, and essays on Polish literature. He died Oct. 17, 1901.
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).