Definition of Family Sphaeriaceae

1. Noun. Parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia.

Exact synonyms: Sphaeriaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Sphaeriales, Sphaeriales
Member holonyms: Genus Neurospora, Neurospora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sphaeriaceae

family Sialidae
family Sillaginidae
family Siluridae
family Simaroubaceae
family Simuliidae
family Sirenidae
family Sisyridae
family Sittidae
family Solanaceae
family Soleidae
family Solenidae
family Soricidae
family Spalacidae
family Sparganiaceae
family Sparidae
family Sphaeriaceae (current term)
family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae

Literary usage of Family Sphaeriaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fossil Plants: A Text-book for Students of Botany and Geology by Albert Charles Seward (1898)
"... of the family Sphaeriaceae ; it was found in the woody tissue of a dicotyledonous stem from ..."

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