ESAIAS TEGNER
\ˈɛse͡ɪəz tˈɛɡnə], \ˈɛseɪəz tˈɛɡnə], \ˈɛ_s_eɪ_ə_z t_ˈɛ_ɡ_n_ə]\
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A Swedish poet; born at Kyrkerud, Wermland, Sweden, Nov. 13, 1782; died at Wexio, Nov. 2, 1846. His most celebrated work is the epic "Frithiof's Saga" (1825), a collection of ballads which has been translated into every European language. He also wrote a poem, "Svea" (1811), which was crowned by the Swedish Academy; "Nattvardsbarned" (translated by Longfellow, under the title "The Children of the Lord's Supper"); "Axel", a poem of the time of Charles XII. ("Collected Works", Stockholm, 7 vols., 1847-51; additional 3 vols., 1873-74).
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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