noun
fungi having gelatinous sporophores
• Syn: ↑family Auriculariaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tremellales, ↑order Tremellales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Auricularia, ↑genus Auricularia
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: a family of basidiomycetous fungi (order Tremellales) with transversely septate basidia and gelatinous sporophores
Useful english dictionary. 2012.