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STROPHARIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sometimes included in family Agaricaceae
Synonyms:
family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Strophariaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Strophariaceae"):
genus Pholiota; Pholiota (genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood)
genus Stropharia; ring-stalked fungus; Stropharia (genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae)
Holonyms ("Strophariaceae" is a member of...):
Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)