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    FAMILY MONILIACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodiesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Moniliaceae; Moniliaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus family (includes lichen families)

    Meronyms (members of "family Moniliaceae"):

    genus Trichophyton; Trichophyton (a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm and favus)

    genus Microsporum; Microsporum (a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm)

    genus Monilia (genus of parasitic yeastlike imperfect fungi having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains; some species usually placed in other genera especially genus Candida)

    Cercosporella; genus Cercosporella (form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores)

    genus Penicillium; Penicillium (genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin)

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

    Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)

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