RICCARDO CASTELVECCHIO
\ɹɪkˈɑːdə͡ʊ kˌastɪlvˈɛkɪˌə͡ʊ], \ɹɪkˈɑːdəʊ kˌastɪlvˈɛkɪˌəʊ], \ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈɑː_d_əʊ k_ˌa_s_t_ɪ_l_v_ˈɛ_k_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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pseudonym of Count Giulio Pulle. An Italian dramatist, father of Count Leopoldo Pulle; born in Verona. His greatest success was "The Romantic Lady and the Homoeopathic Doctor" (new ed. 1869), a comedy; another, "The Discreet[Lady's] Maid", is also very popular.
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).