HyperDic: genus_xylaria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Xylaria:
NOUNplantgenus Xylaria, Xylariatype genus of Xylariaceae
English > genus Xylaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata.
SynonymXylaria
Member ofXylariaceae, family Xylariaceaefamily of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores
Membersblack root rot fungus, Xylaria malifungus causing black root rot in apples
dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorphaThe fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanishgenus xylaria, xylaria
Catalangenus xylaria, xylaria

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