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FAMILY MONILIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Moniliaceae mean? 

FAMILY MONILIACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MONILIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodiesplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MONILIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY MONILIACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae

Hypernyms ("family Moniliaceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Moniliaceae"):

genus Trichophyton; Trichophyton (a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm and favus)

genus Microsporum; Microsporum (a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm)

genus Monilia (genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida)

Cercosporella; genus Cercosporella (form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores)

genus Penicillium; Penicillium (genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin)

Holonyms ("family Moniliaceae" 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)


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