CORTINARIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cortinariaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTINARIACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cortinariaceae; family Cortinariaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Cortinariaceae"):

Cortinarius; genus Cortinarius (the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils))

genus Gymnopilus; Gymnopilus (a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit)

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

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