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FAMILY LECANORACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A fungus family of the division Lichenes
Synonyms:
family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Lecanoraceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Lecanoraceae"):
genus Lecanora (type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens)
Holonyms ("family Lecanoraceae" is a member of...):
division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)