lycoperdales

English Thesaurus

1. small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus order,
definition	:	the order of fungi (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	family lycoperdaceae, lycoperdaceae,
definition	:	a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	family geastraceae, geastraceae,
definition	:	a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	class gasteromycetes, class gastromycetes, gasteromycetes, gastromycetes,
definition	:	fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi (noun.plant)