CALOSTOMATACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calostomataceae mean? 

• CALOSTOMATACEAE (noun)
  The noun CALOSTOMATACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales

  Familiarity information: CALOSTOMATACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALOSTOMATACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calostomataceae; family Calostomataceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Calostomataceae"):

Calostoma lutescens (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case)

Calostoma cinnabarina (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case)

Calostoma ravenelii (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores)

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

order Tulostomatales; Tulostomatales (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes)