TULOSTOMACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tulostomaceae mean? 

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

1. stalked puffballs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TULOSTOMACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stalked puffballs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Tulostomaceae; family Tulostomataceae; Tulostomaceae; Tulostomataceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Tulostomaceae"):

genus Tulestoma; genus Tulostoma; Tulestoma; Tulostoma (type genus of the Tulostomaceae)

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

order Sclerodermatales; Sclerodermatales (an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes))