FAMILY DACRYMYCETACEAE

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Meaning:

A family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa

Synonyms:

Dacrymycetaceae; family Dacrymycetaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Dacrymycetaceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Dacrymycetaceae"):

Dacrymyces; genus Dacrymyces (type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa)

Holonyms ("family Dacrymycetaceae" is a member of...):

order Tremellales; Tremellales (fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic)