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LYCOPERDALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
Synonyms:
Lycoperdales; order Lycoperdales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lycoperdales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "Lycoperdales"):
family Lycoperdaceae; Lycoperdaceae (a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs)
family Geastraceae; Geastraceae (a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales)
Holonyms ("Lycoperdales" is a member of...):
class Gasteromycetes; class Gastromycetes; Gasteromycetes; Gastromycetes (fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi)
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