family Tuberaceae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Tuberaceae - family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large appleTuberaceaefungus family - includes lichen familiesorder Tuberales, Tuberales - small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarpsgenus Tuber, Tuber - type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles