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SCLERODERMATACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
Synonyms:
family Sclerodermataceae; Sclerodermataceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sclerodermataceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Sclerodermataceae"):
genus Scleroderma; Scleroderma (genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles)
Holonyms ("Sclerodermataceae" is a member of...):
order Sclerodermatales; Sclerodermatales (an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes))