TUBERACEAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple

Synonyms:

family Tuberaceae; Tuberaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Tuberaceae"):

genus Tuber; Tuber (type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles)

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

order Tuberales; Tuberales (small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps)