LEPIOTACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepiotaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPIOTACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Lepiotaceae; Lepiotaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Lepiotaceae"):

genus Chlorophyllum (a genus of fungus belonging to the family Lepiotaceae)

genus Lepiota (agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms)

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

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