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Definition of Family Polyporaceae
1. Noun. Fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Aphyllophorales, Order Aphyllophorales
Member holonyms: Albatrellus, Genus Albatrellus, Albatrellus Dispansus, Albatrellus Ovinus, Sheep Polypore, Genus Neolentinus, Neolentinus, Neolentinus Ponderosus, Genus Nigroporus, Nigroporus, Nigroporus Vinosus, Genus Oligoporus, Oligoporus, Oligoporus Leucospongia, Genus Polyporus, Polyporus, Fomes, Genus Fomes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polyporaceae
Literary usage of Family Polyporaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1903)
"... the treatment of the genus Polyporus and the family Polyporaceae by Micheli,
Dillenius, Linnaeus, Adanson, Haller, Scopoli, Paulet, Palisot de Beauvois, ..."
2. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"In another rather common family (Polyporaceae) of the Hymenomycetes, the hymenium
Fio. 340. —The Edible Boletus, a polyporus Fungus. X j. Fio. 341. ..."
3. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Family, Polyporaceae. This fungus is common on logs and stumps, forming semi-circular
brackets or shelf-like bodies from a few inches to a foot or more in ..."
4. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"X j- mon family (Polyporaceae) of the Hymenomycetes, the hymenium FIG. 341.
— A Hydnum, a Fungus in which the hymenium is borne on tooth-like projections. ..."
5. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1904)
"... and, in addition, to give generic keys and diagnoses of new genera not already
treated that come within this subgroup. family Polyporaceae ..."
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