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SCLERODERMATACEAE

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Meaning:

A family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs

Synonyms:

family Sclerodermataceae; Sclerodermataceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Sclerodermataceae"):

genus Scleroderma; Scleroderma (genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles)

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

order Sclerodermatales; Sclerodermatales (an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes))

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