LEPIOTACEAE

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Meaning:

A family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk

Synonyms:

family Lepiotaceae; Lepiotaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lepiotaceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Lepiotaceae"):

genus Chlorophyllum (a genus of fungus belonging to the family Lepiotaceae)

genus Lepiota (agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms)

Holonyms ("Lepiotaceae" is a member of...):

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)