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TILIOMYCETES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)
Synonyms:
class Tiliomycetes; Tiliomycetes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tiliomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Holonyms ("Tiliomycetes" is a member of...):
Basidiomycota; Basidiomycotina; subdivision Basidiomycota; subdivision Basidiomycotina (comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi)