Aspergillaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  Aspergillaceae - family of fungi including some common moldsfungus family - includes lichen families Aspergillales, Eurotiales, order Aspergillales, order Eurotiales - order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium Aspergillus, genus Aspergillus - genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals genus Thielavia, Thielavia - genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot |