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SPHAERIALES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders
Synonyms:
order Sphaeriales; Sphaeriales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sphaeriales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "Sphaeriales"):
family Sphaeriaceae; Sphaeriaceae (parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia)
Ceratostomataceae; family Ceratostomataceae (fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks)
family Hypocreaceae; Hypocreaceae (family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales)
family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae (family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores)
Holonyms ("Sphaeriales" is a member of...):
class Pyrenomycetes; Pyrenomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora)
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