1. a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi; [syn: Secotiaceae, family Secotiaceae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Secotiaceae
n 1: a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled
mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are
often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi [syn:
Secotiaceae, family Secotiaceae]