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STROPHARIACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes included in family Agaricaceae

Synonyms:

family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Strophariaceae"):

genus Pholiota; Pholiota (genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood)

genus Stropharia; ring-stalked fungus; Stropharia (genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae)

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

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)

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