| NOUN | plant | Hypocreaceae, family Hypocreaceae | family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps |
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| Meaning | family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales. | |
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| Synonym | family Hypocreaceae | |
| Member of | Sphaeriales, order Sphaeriales | large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles |
| Members | Claviceps, genus Claviceps | fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses |
| Narrower | mushroom pimple | Any of various fungi of the family Hypocreaceae |
| Broader | fungus family | Includes lichen families |
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