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POLYPORACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
Synonyms:
family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Polyporaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)
