xylariaceae
Noun
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Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores (synset 112987146)
is a type of: fungus family - includes lichen familiesmember holonym:
- genus xylaria, xylaria - type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata
- genus rosellinia, rosellinia - fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores
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 orderssame as: family xylariaceae
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