nidulariaceous

English

Etymology

Nidulariaceae +‎ -ous

Adjective

nidulariaceous (comparative more nidulariaceous, superlative most nidulariaceous)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling fungi of the family Nidulariaceae (the bird's nest fungi).
   • 1976, Microbiology Abstracts: Algology, mycology & protozoology, Volume 5, Issues 1-4, page 9,

     A species with nidulariaceous fructifications, but belonging to the Deuteromycotina, […] .

   • 1977, Donald Philip Rogers, A Brief History of Mycology in North America, page 5:

     […] in the last years of the 17th century Piukenet listed a nidulariaceous species from the West Indies […] .

   • 2007, Clovis Douanla-Meli, Fungi of Cameroon: Ecological Diversity with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Non-gilled Hymenomycetes from the Mbalmayo Forest Reserve, page 67:

     The nidulariaceous fungi included five genera, from which only Cyathus is currently known from Cameroon.