#fungus_family includes lichen families
supertype: family (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
member of: kingdom_Fungi
subtype: family_Erysiphaceae__Erysiphaceae family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews
subtype: family_Sphaeriaceae__Sphaeriaceae parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia
subtype: family_Ceratostomataceae__Ceratostomataceae fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks
subtype: family_Hypocreaceae__Hypocreaceae family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
subtype: mushroom_pimple any of various mushrooms of the family Hypocreaceae
subtype: orange_mushroom_pimple a variety of mushroom pimple
subtype: green_mushroom_pimple a variety of mushroom pimple
subtype: family_Xylariaceae__Xylariaceae family of fungi characterized by dark brown to back spores
subtype: family_Helotiaceae__Helotiaceae a fungus family of order Helotiales
subtype: family_Sclerotiniaceae__Sclerotiniaceae a fungus family of order Helotiales
subtype: family_Sclerodermataceae__Sclerodermataceae a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
subtype: family_Tulostomaceae__Tulostomaceae__Tulostomataceae__family_Tulostomataceae stalked puffballs
subtype: family_Rhizopogonaceae__Rhizopogonaceae a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
subtype: family_Mucoraceae__Mucoraceae large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products
subtype: family_Entomophthoraceae__Entomophthoraceae mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects
subtype: family_Chytridiaceae__Chytridiaceae a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales
subtype: family_Blastodiaceae__Blastodiaceae a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales
subtype: family_Synchytriaceae__Synchytriaceae a fungus family of order Chytridiales
subtype: family_Peronosporaceae__Peronosporaceae parasitic fungi: downy mildews
subtype: family_Albuginaceae__Albuginaceae fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants
subtype: family_Pythiaceae__Pythiaceae fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
subtype: family_Plasmodiophoraceae__Plasmodiophoraceae family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants
subtype: family_Tuberaceae__Tuberaceae family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple
subtype: family_Clavariaceae__Clavariaceae fleshy fungi: coral fungi
subtype: family_Hydnaceae__Hydnaceae tooth fungi
subtype: family_Lecanoraceae__Lecanoraceae a fungus family of the division Lichenes
subtype: family_Roccellaceae__Roccellaceae a fungus family of division Lichenes
subtype: family_Pertusariaceae__Pertusariaceae a fungus family of division Lichenes
subtype: family_Usneaceae__Usneaceae fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea; Evernia; Ramalina; Alectoria
subtype: family_Cladoniaceae__Cladoniaceae a family of lichens
subtype: family_Parmeliaceae__Parmeliaceae a family of lichens
subtype: family_Agaricaceae__Agaricaceae large family including many familiar mushrooms
subtype: family_Coprinaceae__Coprinaceae used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus
subtype: family_Russulaceae__Russulaceae used in some classification systems for the genus Russula
subtype: family_Strophariaceae__Strophariaceae sometimes included in family Agaricaceae
subtype: family_Entolomataceae__Entolomataceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
subtype: family_Lepiotaceae__Lepiotaceae a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk
subtype: family_Thelephoraceae__Thelephoraceae fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
subtype: family_Tricholomataceae__Tricholomataceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
subtype: family_Volvariaceae__Volvariaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
subtype: family_Pluteaceae__Pluteaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
subtype: family_Saccharomycetaceae__Saccharomycetaceae family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates
subtype: family_Schizosaccharomycetaceae__Schizosaccharomycetaceae a family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales
subtype: family_Aspergillaceae__Aspergillaceae family of fungi including some common molds
subtype: family_Pezizaceae__Pezizaceae large family comprising many typical cup fungi
subtype: family_Morchellaceae__Morchellaceae a family of edible fungi including the true morels
subtype: family_Sarcoscyphaceae__Sarcoscyphaceae family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales
subtype: family_Helvellaceae__Helvellaceae family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous
subtype: family_Phallaceae__Phallaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
subtype: family_Calostomataceae__Calostomataceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
subtype: family_Clathraceae__Clathraceae family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns
subtype: family_Lycoperdaceae__Lycoperdaceae a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
subtype: family_Geastraceae__Geastraceae a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales
subtype: family_Nidulariaceae__Nidulariaceae bird's-nest fungi
subtype: family_Sphaerobolaceae__Sphaerobolaceae monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity
subtype: family_Secotiaceae__Secotiaceae a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi
subtype: family_Polyporaceae__Polyporaceae fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
subtype: family_Fistulinaceae__Fistulinaceae a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other
subtype: family_Boletaceae__Boletaceae family of pore-bearing fleshy fungi having the spores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
subtype: family_Tremellaceae__Tremellaceae a family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally
subtype: family_Auriculariaceae__Auriculariaceae fungi having gelatinous sporophores
subtype: family_Dacrymycetaceae__Dacrymycetaceae a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
subtype: family_Melampsoraceae__Melampsoraceae rust fungi
subtype: family_Pucciniaceae__Pucciniaceae large important family of rust fungi
subtype: family_Ustilaginaceae__Ustilaginaceae a fungus family of loose smuts
subtype: family_Tilletiaceae__Tilletiaceae a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
subtype: family_Septobasidiaceae__Septobasidiaceae a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
subtype: family_Hygrophoraceae__Hygrophoraceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance
subtype: family_Cortinariaceae__Cortinariaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
subtype: family_Moniliaceae__Moniliaceae family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies
subtype: family_Dematiaceae__Dematiaceae family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia
subtype: family_Tuberculariaceae__Tuberculariaceae large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi
subtype: family_Geoglossaceae__Geoglossaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales
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