| Noun | 1. | family Hygrophoraceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance fungus family - includes lichen families Agaricales, order Agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota waxycap - any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance genus Hygrocybe, Hygrocybe - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae genus Hygrophorus, Hygrophorus - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae genus Hygrotrama, Hygrotrama - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae genus Neohygrophorus, Neohygrophorus - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae |