ABBE HENRY RAYMOND CASGRAIN
\ˈab hˈɛnɹi ɹˈe͡ɪmənd kˈasɡɹe͡ɪn], \ˈab hˈɛnɹi ɹˈeɪmənd kˈasɡɹeɪn], \ˈa_b h_ˈɛ_n_ɹ_i ɹ_ˈeɪ_m_ə_n_d k_ˈa_s_ɡ_ɹ_eɪ_n]\
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A Canadian historical writer; born in Riviere Quelle, Quebec, Dec. 16, 1831. Oct. 5, 1856, he was ordained a priest. He was professor at Ste. Anne's College until 1859, and afterward vicar at Quebec Cathedral from 1860 till 1873. Among his most important works are: "History of the Hotel Dieu de Quebec"; "My Canadian Parish in the Seventeenth Century". A collection of his entire works was published in 1886.
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).