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GENUS MACOWANITES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely
Synonyms:
genus Macowanites; Macowanites
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Macowanites" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Macowanites"):
Macowanites americanus (a small fungus with a fragile cap that cracks to expose the white context and a white stalk that is practically enclosed by the cap)
Holonyms ("genus Macowanites" is a member of...):
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)
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