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FAMILY THELEPHORACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
Synonyms:
family Thelephoraceae; Thelephoraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Thelephoraceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Thelephoraceae"):
Corticium; genus Corticium (genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia)
genus Pellicularia; Pellicularia (genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia)
Holonyms ("family Thelephoraceae" is a member of...):
Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)