noun
order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage
• Syn: ↑order Mycelia Sterilia
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Deuteromycota, ↑subdivision Deuteromycota, ↑Deuteromycotina, ↑Fungi imperfecti, ↑subdivision Deuteromycotina
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Rhizoctinia, ↑form genus Rhizoctinia, ↑Ozonium, ↑genus Ozonium, ↑Sclerotium, ↑genus Sclerotium
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\\mī|sēlēəstəˈrilēə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized M&S
: a group that is usually considered more or less equivalent to an order and that comprises genera of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage and producing sclerotia, rhizomorphs, or simply mycelial masses — see ozonium, rhizoctonia, sclerotium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.