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melanconiales |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Melanconiales \Mel`an*co`ni*a"les\, n. pl [NL., fr Melanconium name of the typical genus, fr Gr ? black + ? dust, in allusion to the dark spores.] (Bot.) The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti, including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule having the spores in cavities without special walls. They cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose.
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