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LECHANORALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia
Synonyms:
Lechanorales; order Lechanorales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lechanorales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Holonyms ("Lechanorales" is a member of...):
division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)