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FAMILY XYLARIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores
Synonyms:
family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Xylariaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Xylariaceae"):
genus Xylaria; Xylaria (type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata)
genus Rosellinia; Rosellinia (fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores)
Holonyms ("family Xylariaceae" is a member of...):
order Sphaeriales; Sphaeriales (large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders)
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