family polyporaceae
English Thesaurus
1. fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus family, |
| definition | : | includes lichen families (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | albatrellus dispansus, |
| definition | : | a rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | albatrellus ovinus, sheep polypore, |
| definition | : | a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | neolentinus ponderosus, |
| definition | : | a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | nigroporus vinosus, |
| definition | : | a woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | oligoporus leucospongia, |
| definition | : | a pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus polyporus, polyporus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | fomes, genus fomes, |
| definition | : | genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | aphyllophorales, order aphyllophorales, |
| definition | : | includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales (noun.plant) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore family polyporaceae in ArtiKata.com >