HyperDic: genus_pellicularia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Pellicularia:
NOUNplantgenus Pellicularia, Pelliculariagenus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust
English > genus Pellicularia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia.
SynonymPellicularia
Member ofThelephoraceae, family Thelephoraceaefungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
Memberscoffee fungus, Pellicularia kolerogafungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
potato fungus, Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solanifungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishgenus pellicularia, pellicularia
Catalangenus pellicularia, pellicularia

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