FAMILY TREMELLACEAE

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Meaning:

A family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally

Synonyms:

family Tremellaceae; Tremellaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Tremellaceae"):

genus Tremella; Tremella (fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain)

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

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