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THELEPHORACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores

Synonyms:

family Thelephoraceae; Thelephoraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Thelephoraceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Thelephoraceae"):

Corticium; genus Corticium (genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia)

genus Pellicularia; Pellicularia (genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia)

Holonyms ("Thelephoraceae" is a member of...):

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)

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