Definition of Family polyporaceae

1. Noun. Fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polyporaceae

family Plumbaginaceae
family Pluteaceae
family Poaceae
family Podargidae
family Podicipedidae
family Podocarpaceae
family Poeciliidae
family Polemoniaceae
family Polyangiaceae
family Polygalaceae
family Polygonaceae
family Polynemidae
family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae
family Priacanthidae
family Primulaceae
family Pristidae
family Procaviidae
family Procellariidae

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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