GENUS FISTULINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Fistulina mean? 

• GENUS FISTULINA (noun)
  The noun GENUS FISTULINA has 1 sense:

1. fungi having each pore separate though crowded

  Familiarity information: GENUS FISTULINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS FISTULINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungi having each pore separate though crowded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fistulina; genus Fistulina

Hypernyms ("genus Fistulina" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Fistulina"):

beefsteak fungus; Fistulina hepatica (a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("genus Fistulina" is a member of...):

family Fistulinaceae; Fistulinaceae (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)