CHYTRIDIALES

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Meaning:

Simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes

Synonyms:

Chytridiales; order Chytridiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chytridiales" is a kind of...):

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Chytridiales"):

Chytridiaceae; family Chytridiaceae (a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales)

family Synchytriaceae; Synchytriaceae (a fungus family of order Chytridiales)

Holonyms ("Chytridiales" is a member of...):

Chytridiomycetes; class Chytridiomycetes (a class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants)