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    FAMILY CORTINARIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricalesplay

    Synonyms:

    Cortinariaceae; family Cortinariaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus family (includes lichen families)

    Meronyms (members of "family Cortinariaceae"):

    Cortinarius; genus Cortinarius (the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils))

    genus Gymnopilus; Gymnopilus (a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit)

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

    Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)

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