TRICHOLOMATACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tricholomataceae mean? 

• TRICHOLOMATACEAE (noun)
  The noun TRICHOLOMATACEAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

  Familiarity information: TRICHOLOMATACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHOLOMATACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Tricholomataceae; Tricholomataceae

Hypernyms ("Tricholomataceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Tricholomataceae"):

genus Lentinus; Lentinus (a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae)

genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus (a genus of mushrooms with a depressed disc in the cap)

genus Tricholoma; Tricholoma (agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible)

Clitocybe; genus Clitocybe (a genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills)

Flammulina; genus Flammulina (a genus of agarics)

Armillaria; genus Armillaria (genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot)

Armillariella; genus Armillariella (a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it)

Holonyms ("Tricholomataceae" is a member of...):

Agaricales; order Agaricales (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota)