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TRICHOLOMATACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Synonyms:

family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Tricholomataceae"):

genus Lentinus; Lentinus (a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae)

genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus (a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap)

genus Tricholoma; Tricholoma (agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible)

Clitocybe; genus Clitocybe (a genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills)

Flammulina; genus Flammulina (a genus of agarics)

Armillaria; genus Armillaria (genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot)

Armillariella; genus Armillariella (a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it)

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

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

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