genus pellicularia

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1. genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	pellicularia filamentosa, potato fungus, rhizoctinia solani,
definition	:	fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	coffee fungus, pellicularia koleroga,
definition	:	fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family thelephoraceae, thelephoraceae,
definition	:	fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores (noun.plant)