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PHALLACEAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
Synonyms:
family Phallaceae; Phallaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phallaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "Phallaceae"):
genus Phallus; Phallus (genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem)
Dictyophera; genus Dictyophera (closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus)
genus Mutinus; Mutinus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae)
Holonyms ("Phallaceae" is a member of...):
order Phallales; Phallales (order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
