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DEMATIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia

Synonyms:

Dematiaceae; family Dematiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Dematiaceae"):

Cercospora; genus Cercospora (form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores)

genus Ustilaginoidea; Ustilaginoidea (genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut)

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

Moniliales; order Moniliales (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium)

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