cladoniaceae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of lichens (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus family,
definition	:	includes lichen families (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	cladonia, genus cladonia,
definition	:	type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	division lichenes, lichenes,
definition	:	comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi (noun.plant)