family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

Erysiphaceae, family Erysiphaceae - family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews

family Sphaeriaceae, Sphaeriaceae - parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia

Ceratostomataceae, family Ceratostomataceae - fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks

family Hypocreaceae, Hypocreaceae - family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales

family Xylariaceae, Xylariaceae - family of fungi characterized by dark brown to back spores

family Helotiaceae, Helotiaceae - a fungus family of order Helotiales

family Sclerotiniaceae, Sclerotiniaceae - a fungus family of order Helotiales

family Sclerodermataceae, Sclerodermataceae - a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs

family Tulostomaceae, family Tulostomataceae, Tulostomaceae, Tulostomataceae - stalked puffballs

family Rhizopogonaceae, Rhizopogonaceae - a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores

family Mucoraceae, Mucoraceae - large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products

Entomophthoraceae, family Entomophthoraceae - mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects

Chytridiaceae, family Chytridiaceae - a family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales

Blastodiaceae, family Blastodiaceae - a family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales

family Synchytriaceae, Synchytriaceae - a fungus family of order Chytridiales

family Peronosporaceae, Peronosporaceae - parasitic fungi: downy mildews

Albuginaceae, family Albuginaceae - fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants

family Pythiaceae, Pythiaceae - fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores

family Plasmodiophoraceae, Plasmodiophoraceae - family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants

family Tuberaceae, Tuberaceae - family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple

Clavariaceae, family Clavariaceae - fleshy fungi: coral fungi

family Hydnaceae, Hydnaceae - tooth fungi

family Lecanoraceae, Lecanoraceae - a fungus family of the division Lichenes

family Roccellaceae, Roccellaceae - a fungus family of division Lichenes

family Pertusariaceae, Pertusariaceae - a fungus family of division Lichenes

family Usneaceae, Usneaceae - fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea; Evernia; Ramalina; Alectoria

Cladoniaceae, family Cladoniaceae - a family of lichens

family Parmeliaceae, Parmeliaceae - a family of lichens

Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi - the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants

Agaricaceae, family Agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushrooms

Coprinaceae, family Coprinaceae - used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus

family Russulaceae, Russulaceae - used in some classification systems for the genus Russula

family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae - sometimes included in family Agaricaceae

Entolomataceae, family Entolomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales