RHIZOPOGONACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhizopogonaceae mean? 

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

1. a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHIZOPOGONACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogonaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Rhizopogonaceae"):

false truffle (any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle)

genus Rhizopogon; Rhizopogon (a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers)

genus Truncocolumella; Truncocolumella (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae)

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

Hymenogastrales; order Hymenogastrales (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes))