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Definition of Sclerodermatales
1. Noun. An order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes).
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Member holonyms: Family Sclerodermataceae, Sclerodermataceae, Family Tulostomaceae, Family Tulostomataceae, Tulostomaceae, Tulostomataceae
Group relationships: Class Gasteromycetes, Class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclerodermatales
Literary usage of Sclerodermatales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"ORDER Sclerodermatales The puffballs of the order Sclerodermatales have the rind
or peridium thick. The spores remain in the peridium until maturity, ..."
2. The Fungi which Cause Plant Disease by Frank Lincoln Stevens (1913)
"The Sclerodermatales are thick-skinned puff balls, mostly subterranean, and not
known to be parasitic. ..."
3. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"Sclerodermatales. The thick-skinned puff-balls of which the common Scleroderma
vulgare is the type, belong to the ..."
4. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"Order Sclerodermatales. Hard puff-balls. Spore- fruits small to large, roundish,
eventually pulverulent. Saprophytes. ..."
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