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TUBERALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps
Synonyms:
order Tuberales; Tuberales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tuberales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "Tuberales"):
family Tuberaceae; Tuberaceae (family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple)
Holonyms ("Tuberales" is a member of...):
Ascomycota; Ascomycotina; subdivision Ascomycota; subdivision Ascomycotina (a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi)