Definition of Secotiaceae
1. Noun. A family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Secotiales, Secotiales
Member holonyms: Gastrocybe, Genus Gastrocybe, Genus Macowanites, Macowanites, Gastroboletus, Genus Gastroboletus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Secotiaceae
Literary usage of Secotiaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"... of secotiaceae from the Schweinfurth Egyptian collection of 1901-1902.—R. CHODAT and E. WILCZEK (Bull. Herb. Boiss. II- 2:527. ..."
2. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1908)
"... secotiaceae. (Journ. of Mycol. ХЩ. p. 236—241.) [Diagnoses and descriptions are given of ..."
3. Annales Mycologici (1907)
"... secotiaceae (Journal of Mycology vol. XIII, 1907, p. 236—241, tab. 107). Ausführliche Beschreibungen von ..."