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FUNGUS FAMILY
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Hypernyms ("fungus family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fungus family"):
family Sphaerobolaceae; Sphaerobolaceae (monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity)
family Nidulariaceae; Nidulariaceae (bird's-nest fungi)
family Geastraceae; Geastraceae (a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales)
family Lycoperdaceae; Lycoperdaceae (a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs)
Clathraceae; family Clathraceae (family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns)
Calostomataceae; family Calostomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales)
family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)
family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae (family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous)
family Sarcoscyphaceae; Sarcoscyphaceae (family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales)
family Morchellaceae; Morchellaceae (a family of edible fungi including the true morels)
family Pezizaceae; Pezizaceae (large family comprising many typical cup fungi)
Aspergillaceae; family Aspergillaceae (family of fungi including some common molds)
family Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomycetaceae (a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales)
family Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomycetaceae (family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates)
family Pluteaceae; Pluteaceae; family Volvariaceae; Volvariaceae; family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)
family Geoglossaceae; Geoglossaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales)
family Tuberculariaceae; Tuberculariaceae (large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi)
Dematiaceae; family Dematiaceae (family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia)
family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae (family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies)
Cortinariaceae; family Cortinariaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)
family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance)
family Septobasidiaceae; Septobasidiaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)
family Tilletiaceae; Tilletiaceae (a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster)
family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae (a fungus family of loose smuts)
family Pucciniaceae; Pucciniaceae (large important family of rust fungi)
family Melampsoraceae; Melampsoraceae (rust fungi)
Dacrymycetaceae; family Dacrymycetaceae (a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa)
Auriculariaceae; family Auriculariaceae (fungi having gelatinous sporophores)
family Tremellaceae; Tremellaceae (a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally)
Boletaceae; family Boletaceae (family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other)
family Fistulinaceae; Fistulinaceae (a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other)
family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees)
family Secotiaceae; Secotiaceae (a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi)
family Pythiaceae; Pythiaceae (fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores)
Albuginaceae; family Albuginaceae (fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants)
family Peronosporaceae; Peronosporaceae (parasitic fungi: downy mildews)
family Synchytriaceae; Synchytriaceae (a fungus family of order Chytridiales)
Blastodiaceae; family Blastodiaceae (a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales)
Chytridiaceae; family Chytridiaceae (a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales)
Entomophthoraceae; family Entomophthoraceae (mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects)
family Mucoraceae; Mucoraceae (large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products)
family Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogonaceae (a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores)
family Tulostomaceae; family Tulostomataceae; Tulostomaceae; Tulostomataceae (stalked puffballs)
family Sclerodermataceae; Sclerodermataceae (a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs)
family Sclerotiniaceae; Sclerotiniaceae; family Helotiaceae; Helotiaceae (a fungus family of order Helotiales)
family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae (family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores)
family Hypocreaceae; Hypocreaceae (family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales)
Ceratostomataceae; family Ceratostomataceae (fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks)
family Sphaeriaceae; Sphaeriaceae (parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia)
Erysiphaceae; family Erysiphaceae (family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews)
family Thelephoraceae; Thelephoraceae (fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores)
family Lepiotaceae; Lepiotaceae (a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk)
Entolomataceae; family Entolomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)
family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae (sometimes included in family Agaricaceae)
family Russulaceae; Russulaceae (used in some classification systems for the genus Russula)
Coprinaceae; family Coprinaceae (used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus)
Agaricaceae; family Agaricaceae (large family including many familiar mushrooms)
family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae; Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae (a family of lichens)
family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)
family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae; family Roccellaceae; Roccellaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)
family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae (a fungus family of the division Lichenes)
family Hydnaceae; Hydnaceae (tooth fungi)
Clavariaceae; family Clavariaceae (fleshy fungi: coral fungi)
family Tuberaceae; Tuberaceae (family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple)
family Plasmodiophoraceae; Plasmodiophoraceae (family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants)
Holonyms ("fungus family" is a member of...):
Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)