PELLICULARIA

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Meaning:

Genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia

Synonyms:

genus Pellicularia; Pellicularia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Pellicularia"):

Pellicularia filamentosa; potato fungus; Rhizoctinia solani (fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers)

coffee fungus; Pellicularia koleroga (fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants)

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

family Thelephoraceae; Thelephoraceae (fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores)