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FAMILY LECANORACEAE

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Meaning:

A fungus family of the division Lichenes

Synonyms:

family Lecanoraceae; Lecanoraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Lecanoraceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Lecanoraceae"):

genus Lecanora (type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens)

Holonyms ("family Lecanoraceae" is a member of...):

division Lichenes; Lichenes (comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi)

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