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erysiphaceous

erysiphaceous adjective: belonging to the Erysiphaceae family of fungi.

Adjective

erysiphaceous (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the Erysiphaceae family of fungi.
    • Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae...2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54

Origin of erysiphaceous

Erysiphaceae + -ous

Questions about erysiphaceous

What does erysiphaceous mean?
Erysiphaceous means belonging to the Erysiphaceae family of fungi.
What part of speech is erysiphaceous?
Erysiphaceous is an adjective.

Words near erysiphaceous in the dictionary

  1. erysipelases
  2. erysipelatoid
  3. erysipelatous
  4. erysipeloid
  5. erysipelous
  6. erysiphaceous
  7. erystagallin
  8. Erythea
  9. erythema
  10. erythema ab igne
  11. erythema dyschromicum perstans

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