LA MARA
\lˌa mˈɑːɹə], \lˌa mˈɑːɹə], \l_ˌa m_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə]\
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pseudonym of Marie Lipsius. A noted German writer on music; born at Leipsic, Dec. 30, 1837. Her interesting work, "Studies of Musicians' Heads" (5 vols., 1868-82), has had a wide circulation. She is author also of "Musical Thoughts" (1873), a collection of sayings of eminent musicians; "Letters of Musicians" (1886); "Classicism and Romanticism in the World of Music" (1892).
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).