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PLUTEACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pluteaceae mean? 

PLUTEACEAE (noun)
  The noun PLUTEACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricalesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PLUTEACEAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Pluteaceae; Pluteaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Pluteaceae"):

genus Pluteus; Pluteus; roof mushroom (a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer)

genus Volvariella; Volvariella (an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient)

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

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)


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