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CALOSTOMATACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales

Synonyms:

Calostomataceae; family Calostomataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Calostomataceae"):

Calostoma lutescens (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case)

Calostoma cinnabarina (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case)

Calostoma ravenelii (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores)

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

order Tulostomatales; Tulostomatales (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes)

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