DEMATIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dematiaceae mean? 

• DEMATIACEAE (noun)
  The noun DEMATIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia

  Familiarity information: DEMATIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMATIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dematiaceae; family Dematiaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Dematiaceae"):

Cercospora; genus Cercospora (form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores)

genus Ustilaginoidea; Ustilaginoidea (genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut)

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

Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)