AURICULARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Auriculariaceae mean? 

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

1. fungi having gelatinous sporophores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AURICULARIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungi having gelatinous sporophores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Auriculariaceae; family Auriculariaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Auriculariaceae"):

Auricularia; genus Auricularia (type genus of the Auriculariaceae)

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

order Tremellales; Tremellales (fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic)