PEZIZACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large family comprising many typical cup fungi

Synonyms:

family Pezizaceae; Pezizaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Pezizaceae"):

genus Peziza; Peziza (type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus)

genus Plectania; Plectania (genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza)

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

order Pezizales; Pezizales (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps)