erysiphales

English Thesaurus

1. saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus order,
definition	:	the order of fungi (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	erysiphaceae, family erysiphaceae,
definition	:	family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	class pyrenomycetes, pyrenomycetes,
definition	:	class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora (noun.plant)