SPHAERIALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphaeriales mean? 

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

1. large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHAERIALES (noun)

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Meaning:

Large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

order Sphaeriales; Sphaeriales

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

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Sphaeriales"):

family Sphaeriaceae; Sphaeriaceae (parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia)

Ceratostomataceae; family Ceratostomataceae (fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks)

family Hypocreaceae; Hypocreaceae (family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales)

family Xylariaceae; Xylariaceae (family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores)

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

class Pyrenomycetes; Pyrenomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora)