Definition of Order Lycoperdales

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

Exact synonyms: Lycoperdales
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Group relationships: Class Gasteromycetes, Class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes
Member holonyms: Family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae, Family Geastraceae, Geastraceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Lycoperdales

order Isoetales
order Isopoda
order Isoptera
order Isospondyli
order Juglandales
order Jungermanniales
order Lagomorpha
order Laminariales
order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera
order Lichenales
order Liliales
order Lobata
order Loricata
order Lycoperdales (current term)
order Lycopodiales
order Lyginopteridales
order Madreporaria
order Mallophaga
order Malvales
order Marattiales
order Marchantiales
order Marsupialia
order Mecoptera
order Moniliales
order Monotremata
order Mucorales
order Musales
order Myaceae

Literary usage of Order Lycoperdales

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)
"... CHAPTER XI: PUFFBALLS order Lycoperdales THE pouch fungi include all fungi which have their spores or seeds in closed chambers until maturity—that is, ..."

2. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The puffballs and earth stars are in the same order (Lycoperdales). The nest fungi. These beautiful little forms (order ..."

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