family sphaeriaceae

English Thesaurus

1. parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	genus neurospora, neurospora,
definition	:	genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order sphaeriales, sphaeriales,
definition	:	large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders (noun.plant)