noun
includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales
• Syn: ↑order Aphyllophorales
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina
• Member Meronyms: ↑Polyporaceae, ↑family Polyporaceae, ↑Fistulinaceae, ↑family Fistulinaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.