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aphyllophorales

MEANING: includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales

Hypernym Tree (aphyllophorales is a type of)

fungus_order -- (the order of fungi
order -- ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
taxonomic_group, taxonomic_category, taxon -- (animal or plant group having natural relations
biological_group -- (a group of plants or animals
group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

Holonyms (aphyllophorales is a part of)

Basidiomycota, subdivision_Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision_Basidiomycotina -- (comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi

Meronyms (parts of aphyllophorales)

Polyporaceae, family_Polyporaceae -- (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
Fistulinaceae, family_Fistulinaceae -- (a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other

Also See

Erysiphales, order_Erysiphales -- (saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants
Sphaeriales, order_Sphaeriales -- (large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders
Hypocreales, order_Hypocreales -- (used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae
Helotiales, order_Helotiales -- (order of fungi having asci in a disk- to goblet-shaped apothecium
Sclerodermatales, order_Sclerodermatales -- (an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
Hymenogastrales, order_Hymenogastrales -- (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
Mucorales, order_Mucorales -- (an order of mostly saprophytic fungi
Entomophthorales, order_Entomophthorales -- (coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae
Chytridiales, order_Chytridiales -- (simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
Blastocladiales, order_Blastocladiales -- (fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes
Saprolegniales, order_Saprolegniales -- (order of chiefly aquatic fungi
Peronosporales, order_Peronosporales -- (order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae
Tuberales, order_Tuberales -- (small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps
Lichenales, order_Lichenales -- (category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes
Lechanorales, order_Lechanorales -- (category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia
Agaricales, order_Agaricales -- (typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
Endomycetales, order_Endomycetales -- (fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus
Eurotiales, order_Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order_Aspergillales -- (order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium
Pezizales, order_Pezizales -- (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
Tulostomatales, order_Tulostomatales -- (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes
Lycoperdales, order_Lycoperdales -- (small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
Nidulariales, order_Nidulariales -- (small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae
Secotiales, order_Secotiales -- (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes
Aphyllophorales, order_Aphyllophorales -- (includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales
Tremellales, order_Tremellales -- (fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic
Auriculariales, order_Auriculariales -- (coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales
Uredinales, order_Uredinales -- (rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in
Ustilaginales, order_Ustilaginales -- (parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes
Moniliales, order_Moniliales -- (order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium
Mycelia_Sterilia, order_Mycelia_Sterilia -- (order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage