family hypocreaceae

Noun
  1. Family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps;
    Sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales (synset 112985969)
    is a type of: fungus family - includes lichen families
    subtypes: mushroom pimple - any of various fungi of the family Hypocreaceae
    member holonym: claviceps, genus claviceps - fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses
    belongs to: order sphaeriales, sphaeriales - large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders
    same as: hypocreaceae

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