family mucoraceae

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1. large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	genus mucor,
definition	:	type genus of the Mucoraceae; genus of molds having cylindrical or pear-shaped sporangia not limited in location to points where rhizoids develop (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus rhizopus,
definition	:	a genus of rot-causing fungi having columnar hemispherical aerial sporangia anchored to the substrate by rhizoids (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	mucorales, order mucorales,
definition	:	an order of mostly saprophytic fungi (noun.plant)