PHYLLOPORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phylloporus mean? 

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

1. a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLLOPORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Phylloporus; Phylloporus

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Phylloporus"):

Phylloporus boletinoides (a fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and pores that extend part way down the stalk)

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

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