family cortinariaceae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	cortinarius, genus cortinarius,
definition	:	the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils) (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus gymnopilus, gymnopilus,
definition	:	a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	agaricales, order agaricales,
definition	:	typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota (noun.plant)