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Definition of Nidulariales
1. Noun. Small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Group relationships: Class Gasteromycetes, Class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes
Member holonyms: Family Nidulariaceae, Nidulariaceae, Family Sphaerobolaceae, Sphaerobolaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nidulariales
Literary usage of Nidulariales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"(m) Nidulariales These are the nest fungi, as the name suggests. The separate
chambers of the gleba become invested each by a membrane of interwoven ..."
2. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"... of this order, Nidulariales, or bird's-nest fungi, are curious fungi of small
size. They resemble, when mature, tiny birds' nests containing eggs, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Nidulariales. Bird's Nest Fungi, whose dainty little cup or beaker-shaped fruits,
containing a number of egg-like bodies, are found on the ground or old ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... and the 'Bird's-nest fungi' (Nidulariales) are highly developed types.
Very different is the group of the 'Stink-horns' (Phallales). ..."
5. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"Nidulariales or Bird's-Nest Fungi.—The<e minute and curious fungi may be found
growing upon twigs or upon bare ground in old fields, or upon dried dung (Fig ..."
6. Pharmaceutical Botany by Heber Wilkinson Youngken, Francis Edward Stewart (1914)
"Nidulariales, the nest fungi. SUBDIVISION V.—LICHENES, THE LICHENS Lichens are
variously colored, usually dry and leathery plants, consisting of symbioses ..."
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