HELVELLACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helvellaceae mean? 

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

1. family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELVELLACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Helvellaceae"):

genus Morchella; Morchella (genus of edible fungi: morel)

false morel (a fungus of the family Helvellaceae)

lorchel (a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae)

genus Helvella (type genus of the Helvellaceae)

genus Discina (a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores)

genus Gyromitra (a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown)

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

order Pezizales; Pezizales (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps)