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    FAMILY HELVELLACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonousplay

    Synonyms:

    family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus family (includes lichen families)

    Meronyms (members of "family Helvellaceae"):

    genus Morchella; Morchella (genus of edible fungi: morel)

    false morel (a fungus of the family Helvellaceae)

    lorchel (a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae)

    genus Helvella (type genus of the Helvellaceae)

    genus Discina (a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores)

    genus Gyromitra (a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown)

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

    order Pezizales; Pezizales (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps)

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