fungus family
Noun
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Includes lichen families (synset 111611234)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- erysiphaceae, family erysiphaceae - family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews
- family sphaeriaceae, sphaeriaceae - parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia
- ceratostomataceae, family ceratostomataceae - fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks
- family hypocreaceae, hypocreaceae - family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
- family xylariaceae, xylariaceae - family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores
- family helotiaceae, helotiaceae - a fungus family of order Helotiales
- family sclerotiniaceae, sclerotiniaceae - a fungus family of order Helotiales
- family sclerodermataceae, sclerodermataceae - a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
- family tulostomaceae, family tulostomataceae, tulostomaceae, tulostomataceae - stalked puffballs
- family rhizopogonaceae, rhizopogonaceae - a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
- family mucoraceae, mucoraceae - large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products
- entomophthoraceae, family entomophthoraceae - mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects
- chytridiaceae, family chytridiaceae - a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales
- blastodiaceae, family blastodiaceae - a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales
- family synchytriaceae, synchytriaceae - a fungus family of order Chytridiales
- family peronosporaceae, peronosporaceae - parasitic fungi: downy mildews
- albuginaceae, family albuginaceae - fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants
- family pythiaceae, pythiaceae - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
- family plasmodiophoraceae, plasmodiophoraceae - family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants
- family tuberaceae, tuberaceae - family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple
- clavariaceae, family clavariaceae - fleshy fungi: coral fungi
- family hydnaceae, hydnaceae - tooth fungi
- family lecanoraceae, lecanoraceae - a fungus family of the division Lichenes
- family roccellaceae, roccellaceae - a fungus family of division Lichenes
- family pertusariaceae, pertusariaceae - a fungus family of division Lichenes
- family usneaceae, usneaceae - fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria
- cladoniaceae, family cladoniaceae - a family of lichens
- family parmeliaceae, parmeliaceae - a family of lichens
- agaricaceae, family agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushrooms
- coprinaceae, family coprinaceae - used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus
- family russulaceae, russulaceae - used in some classification systems for the genus Russula
- family strophariaceae, strophariaceae - sometimes included in family Agaricaceae
- entolomataceae, family entolomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
- family lepiotaceae, lepiotaceae - a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk
- family thelephoraceae, thelephoraceae - fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
- family tricholomataceae, tricholomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
- family volvariaceae, volvariaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
- family pluteaceae, pluteaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
- family saccharomycetaceae, saccharomycetaceae - family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates
- family schizosaccharomycetaceae, schizosaccharomycetaceae - a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales
- aspergillaceae, family aspergillaceae - family of fungi including some common molds
- family pezizaceae, pezizaceae - large family comprising many typical cup fungi
- family morchellaceae, morchellaceae - a family of edible fungi including the true morels
- family sarcoscyphaceae, sarcoscyphaceae - family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales
- family helvellaceae, helvellaceae - family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous
- family phallaceae, phallaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
- calostomataceae, family calostomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
- clathraceae, family clathraceae - family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns
- family lycoperdaceae, lycoperdaceae - a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
- family geastraceae, geastraceae - a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales
- family nidulariaceae, nidulariaceae - bird's-nest fungi
- family sphaerobolaceae, sphaerobolaceae - monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity
- family secotiaceae, secotiaceae - a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi
- family polyporaceae, polyporaceae - fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
- family fistulinaceae, fistulinaceae - a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other
- boletaceae, family boletaceae - family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
- family tremellaceae, tremellaceae - a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally
- auriculariaceae, family auriculariaceae - fungi having gelatinous sporophores
- dacrymycetaceae, family dacrymycetaceae - a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
- family melampsoraceae, melampsoraceae - rust fungi
- family pucciniaceae, pucciniaceae - large important family of rust fungi
- family ustilaginaceae, ustilaginaceae - a fungus family of loose smuts
- family tilletiaceae, tilletiaceae - a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
- family septobasidiaceae, septobasidiaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
- family hygrophoraceae, hygrophoraceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance
- cortinariaceae, family cortinariaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
- family moniliaceae, moniliaceae - family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies
- dematiaceae, family dematiaceae - family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia
- family tuberculariaceae, tuberculariaceae - large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi
- family geoglossaceae, geoglossaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales
belongs to: fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi - the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
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