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NIDULARIALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae

Synonyms:

Nidulariales; order Nidulariales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Nidulariales"):

family Nidulariaceae; Nidulariaceae (bird's-nest fungi)

family Sphaerobolaceae; Sphaerobolaceae (monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity)

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

class Gasteromycetes; class Gastromycetes; Gasteromycetes; Gastromycetes (fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi)

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