Exobasidiaceae

plural noun

Exo·​ba·​sid·​i·​a·​ce·​ae

ˌek(ˌ)sōbəˌsidēˈāsēˌē

: a family comprising fungi parasitic on higher plants and producing their hymenium as a thin coating on the surface of the host plant and without differentiation of a fruiting body see exobasidium , exobasidiales

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Exobasidium, type genus + -aceae

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