FISTULINACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fistulinaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISTULINACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Fistulinaceae; Fistulinaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Fistulinaceae"):

Fistulina; genus Fistulina (fungi having each pore separate though crowded)

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

Aphyllophorales; order Aphyllophorales (includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales)