family xylariaceae

English Thesaurus

1. family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus family,
definition	:	includes lichen families (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus xylaria, xylaria,
definition	:	type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus rosellinia, rosellinia,
definition	:	fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order sphaeriales, sphaeriales,
definition	:	large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders (noun.plant)