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ORDER LYCOPERDALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Lycoperdales mean? 

ORDER LYCOPERDALES (noun)
  The noun ORDER LYCOPERDALES has 1 sense:

1. small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstarsplay

  Familiarity information: ORDER LYCOPERDALES used as a noun is very rare.


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ORDER LYCOPERDALES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lycoperdales; order Lycoperdales

Hypernyms ("order Lycoperdales" is a kind of...):

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order 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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