TARSIA, TARSIATURA
\tˈɑːsi͡ə], \tˈɑːsiə], \t_ˈɑː_s_iə]\
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A kind of mosaic wood-work or marquetry much in favor in Italy in the fifteenth century. It was executed by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels of walnut-wood, so as to represent landscapes, architectural scenes, figures, fruit, flowers, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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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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