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FUNGUS FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fungus family mean? 

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

1. includes lichen familiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FUNGUS FAMILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes lichen families

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fungus family"):

family Sarcoscyphaceae; Sarcoscyphaceae (family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales)

family Sphaerobolaceae; Sphaerobolaceae (monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity)

family Nidulariaceae; Nidulariaceae (bird's-nest fungi)

family Geastraceae; Geastraceae (a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales)

family Lycoperdaceae; Lycoperdaceae (a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs)

Clathraceae; family Clathraceae (family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns)

Calostomataceae; family Calostomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales)

family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)

family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae (family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous)

family Secotiaceae; Secotiaceae (a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi)

family Morchellaceae; Morchellaceae (a family of edible fungi including the true morels)

family Pezizaceae; Pezizaceae (large family comprising many typical cup fungi)

Aspergillaceae; family Aspergillaceae (family of fungi including some common molds)

family Schizosaccharomycetaceae; Schizosaccharomycetaceae (a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales)

family Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomycetaceae (family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates)

family Pluteaceae; Pluteaceae; family Volvariaceae; Volvariaceae; family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)

family Ustilaginaceae; Ustilaginaceae (a fungus family of loose smuts)

family Geoglossaceae; Geoglossaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales)

family Tuberculariaceae; Tuberculariaceae (large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi)

Dematiaceae; family Dematiaceae (family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia)

family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae (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)

Cortinariaceae; family Cortinariaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)

family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance)

family Septobasidiaceae; Septobasidiaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)

family Tilletiaceae; Tilletiaceae (a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster)

family Thelephoraceae; Thelephoraceae (fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores)

family Pucciniaceae; Pucciniaceae (large important family of rust fungi)

family Melampsoraceae; Melampsoraceae (rust fungi)

Dacrymycetaceae; family Dacrymycetaceae (a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa)

Auriculariaceae; family Auriculariaceae (fungi having gelatinous sporophores)

family Tremellaceae; Tremellaceae (a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally)

Boletaceae; family Boletaceae (family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other)

family Fistulinaceae; Fistulinaceae (a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other)

family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees)

family Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogonaceae (a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores)

family Pythiaceae; Pythiaceae (fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores)

Albuginaceae; family Albuginaceae (fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants)

family Peronosporaceae; Peronosporaceae (parasitic fungi: downy mildews)

family Synchytriaceae; Synchytriaceae (a fungus family of order Chytridiales)

Blastodiaceae; family Blastodiaceae (a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales)

Chytridiaceae; family Chytridiaceae (a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales)

Entomophthoraceae; family Entomophthoraceae (mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects)

family Mucoraceae; Mucoraceae (large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products)

family Plasmodiophoraceae; Plasmodiophoraceae (family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants)

family Tulostomaceae; family Tulostomataceae; Tulostomaceae; Tulostomataceae (stalked puffballs)

family Sclerodermataceae; Sclerodermataceae (a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs)

family Sclerotiniaceae; Sclerotiniaceae; family Helotiaceae; Helotiaceae (a fungus family of order Helotiales)

family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae (family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores)

family Hypocreaceae; Hypocreaceae (family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales)

Ceratostomataceae; family Ceratostomataceae (fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks)

family Sphaeriaceae; Sphaeriaceae (parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia)

Cladoniaceae; family Cladoniaceae (a family of lichens)

family Lepiotaceae; Lepiotaceae (a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk)

Entolomataceae; family Entolomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)

family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae (sometimes included in family Agaricaceae)

family Russulaceae; Russulaceae (used in some classification systems for the genus Russula)

Coprinaceae; family Coprinaceae (used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus)

Agaricaceae; family Agaricaceae (large family including many familiar mushrooms)

family Parmeliaceae; Parmeliaceae (a family of lichens)

Erysiphaceae; family Erysiphaceae (family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews)

family Usneaceae; Usneaceae (fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria)

family Pertusariaceae; Pertusariaceae; family Roccellaceae; Roccellaceae (a fungus family of division Lichenes)

family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae (a fungus family of the division Lichenes)

family Hydnaceae; Hydnaceae (tooth fungi)

Clavariaceae; family Clavariaceae (fleshy fungi: coral fungi)

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 ("fungus family" is a member of...):

Fungi; fungus kingdom; kingdom Fungi (the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants)


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