fungus family
English Thesaurus
1. includes lichen families (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | erysiphaceae, family erysiphaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family sphaeriaceae, sphaeriaceae, |
| definition | : | parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ceratostomataceae, family ceratostomataceae, |
| definition | : | fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family hypocreaceae, hypocreaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family xylariaceae, xylariaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family helotiaceae, helotiaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of order Helotiales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family sclerotiniaceae, sclerotiniaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of order Helotiales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family sclerodermataceae, sclerodermataceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family tulostomaceae, family tulostomataceae, tulostomaceae, tulostomataceae, |
| definition | : | stalked puffballs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family rhizopogonaceae, rhizopogonaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family mucoraceae, mucoraceae, |
| definition | : | large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | entomophthoraceae, family entomophthoraceae, |
| definition | : | mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chytridiaceae, family chytridiaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blastodiaceae, family blastodiaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family synchytriaceae, synchytriaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of order Chytridiales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family peronosporaceae, peronosporaceae, |
| definition | : | parasitic fungi: downy mildews (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | albuginaceae, family albuginaceae, |
| definition | : | fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pythiaceae, pythiaceae, |
| definition | : | fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family plasmodiophoraceae, plasmodiophoraceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family tuberaceae, tuberaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clavariaceae, family clavariaceae, |
| definition | : | fleshy fungi: coral fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family hydnaceae, hydnaceae, |
| definition | : | tooth fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family lecanoraceae, lecanoraceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of the division Lichenes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family roccellaceae, roccellaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of division Lichenes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pertusariaceae, pertusariaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of division Lichenes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family usneaceae, usneaceae, |
| definition | : | fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cladoniaceae, family cladoniaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of lichens (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family parmeliaceae, parmeliaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of lichens (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | agaricaceae, family agaricaceae, |
| definition | : | large family including many familiar mushrooms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | coprinaceae, family coprinaceae, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family russulaceae, russulaceae, |
| definition | : | used in some classification systems for the genus Russula (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family strophariaceae, strophariaceae, |
| definition | : | sometimes included in family Agaricaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | entolomataceae, family entolomataceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family lepiotaceae, lepiotaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family thelephoraceae, thelephoraceae, |
| definition | : | fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family tricholomataceae, tricholomataceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family volvariaceae, volvariaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pluteaceae, pluteaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family saccharomycetaceae, saccharomycetaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family schizosaccharomycetaceae, schizosaccharomycetaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aspergillaceae, family aspergillaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi including some common molds (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pezizaceae, pezizaceae, |
| definition | : | large family comprising many typical cup fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family morchellaceae, morchellaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of edible fungi including the true morels (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family sarcoscyphaceae, sarcoscyphaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family helvellaceae, helvellaceae, |
| definition | : | family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family phallaceae, phallaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calostomataceae, family calostomataceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clathraceae, family clathraceae, |
| definition | : | family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family lycoperdaceae, lycoperdaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family geastraceae, geastraceae, |
| definition | : | a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family nidulariaceae, nidulariaceae, |
| definition | : | bird's-nest fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family sphaerobolaceae, sphaerobolaceae, |
| definition | : | monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family secotiaceae, secotiaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family polyporaceae, polyporaceae, |
| definition | : | fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family fistulinaceae, fistulinaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | boletaceae, family boletaceae, |
| definition | : | family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family tremellaceae, tremellaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | auriculariaceae, family auriculariaceae, |
| definition | : | fungi having gelatinous sporophores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dacrymycetaceae, family dacrymycetaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family melampsoraceae, melampsoraceae, |
| definition | : | rust fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family pucciniaceae, pucciniaceae, |
| definition | : | large important family of rust fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family ustilaginaceae, ustilaginaceae, |
| definition | : | a fungus family of loose smuts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family tilletiaceae, tilletiaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family septobasidiaceae, septobasidiaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family hygrophoraceae, hygrophoraceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cortinariaceae, family cortinariaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family moniliaceae, moniliaceae, |
| definition | : | family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dematiaceae, family dematiaceae, |
| definition | : | family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family tuberculariaceae, tuberculariaceae, |
| definition | : | large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | family geoglossaceae, geoglossaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi, |
| definition | : | the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants (noun.plant) |
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