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FAMILY PERTUSARIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus family of division Lichenes
Synonyms:
family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pertusariaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Pertusariaceae"):
genus Pertusaria; Pertusaria (crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus)
Holonyms ("family Pertusariaceae" 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)
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