xylaria

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	black root rot fungus, xylaria mali,
definition	:	fungus causing black root rot in apples (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, xylaria polymorpha,
definition	:	the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family xylariaceae, xylariaceae,
definition	:	family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores (noun.plant)