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FISTULINACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

family Fistulinaceae; Fistulinaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Fistulinaceae"):

Fistulina; genus Fistulina (fungi having each pore separate though crowded)

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

Aphyllophorales; order Aphyllophorales (includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales)

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