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MONILIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Moniliaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Moniliaceae"):
genus Trichophyton; Trichophyton (a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm and favus)
genus Microsporum; Microsporum (a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm)
genus Monilia (genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida)
Cercosporella; genus Cercosporella (form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores)
genus Penicillium; Penicillium (genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin)
Holonyms ("Moniliaceae" is a member of...):
Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)
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