Laboulbeniaceae

plural noun

La·​boul·​be·​ni·​a·​ce·​ae

: a family of minute fungi (order Laboulbeniales) living as parasites upon insects and having a thallus consisting of only a few cells and a spermatial type of sexual reproduction resembling that of the red algae

laboulbeniaceous

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adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Laboulbenia, type genus + -aceae

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