fungus family
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| Noun | 1. |  fungus family - includes lichen families family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" Erysiphaceae, family Erysiphaceae - family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews 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 family Helotiaceae, Helotiaceae - a fungus family of order Helotiales family Sclerotiniaceae, Sclerotiniaceae - a fungus family of order Helotiales family Sclerodermataceae, Sclerodermataceae - a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs family Rhizopogonaceae, Rhizopogonaceae - a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores family Mucoraceae, Mucoraceae - large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products Entomophthoraceae, family Entomophthoraceae - mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects Chytridiaceae, family Chytridiaceae - a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales Blastodiaceae, family Blastodiaceae - a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales family Synchytriaceae, Synchytriaceae - a fungus family of order Chytridiales family Peronosporaceae, Peronosporaceae - parasitic fungi: downy mildews Albuginaceae, family Albuginaceae - fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants family Pythiaceae, Pythiaceae - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores family Plasmodiophoraceae, Plasmodiophoraceae - family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants family Tuberaceae, Tuberaceae - family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple Clavariaceae, family Clavariaceae - fleshy fungi: coral fungi family Hydnaceae, Hydnaceae - tooth fungi family Lecanoraceae, Lecanoraceae - a fungus family of the division Lichenes family Roccellaceae, Roccellaceae - a fungus family of division Lichenes family Pertusariaceae, Pertusariaceae - a fungus family of division Lichenes family Usneaceae, Usneaceae - fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria Cladoniaceae, family Cladoniaceae - a family of lichens family Parmeliaceae, Parmeliaceae - a family of lichens Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushrooms Coprinaceae, family Coprinaceae - used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus family Russulaceae, Russulaceae - used in some classification systems for the genus Russula family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae - sometimes included in family Agaricaceae Entolomataceae, family Entolomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales family Lepiotaceae, Lepiotaceae - a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk family Thelephoraceae, Thelephoraceae - fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores family Tricholomataceae, Tricholomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales family Volvariaceae, Volvariaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales |
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