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    FAMILY POLYPORACEAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on treesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus family (includes lichen families)

    Meronyms (members of "family Polyporaceae"):

    Albatrellus; genus Albatrellus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae)

    Albatrellus dispansus (a rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor)

    Albatrellus ovinus; sheep polypore (a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular)

    genus Neolentinus; Neolentinus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae)

    Neolentinus ponderosus (a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender)

    genus Nigroporus; Nigroporus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae)

    Nigroporus vinosus (a woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores)

    genus Oligoporus; Oligoporus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae)

    Oligoporus leucospongia (a pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada)

    genus Polyporus; Polyporus (type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers)

    Fomes; genus Fomes (genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees)

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

    Aphyllophorales; order Aphyllophorales (includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales)

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