HyperDic: sclerodermataceae

English > 1 sense of the word Sclerodermataceae:
NOUNplantSclerodermataceae, family Sclerodermataceaea family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium
English > Sclerodermataceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs.
Synonymfamily Sclerodermataceae
Member ofSclerodermatales, order SclerodermatalesAn order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
MembersScleroderma, genus Sclerodermagenus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies
Broaderfungus familyIncludes lichen families

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