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FAMILY AURICULARIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungi having gelatinous sporophores

Synonyms:

Auriculariaceae; family Auriculariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Auriculariaceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Auriculariaceae"):

Auricularia; genus Auricularia (type genus of the Auriculariaceae)

Holonyms ("family Auriculariaceae" is a member of...):

order Tremellales; Tremellales (fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic)

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