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FAMILY LYCOPERDACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
Synonyms:
family Lycoperdaceae; Lycoperdaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Lycoperdaceae" is a kind of...):
fungus family (includes lichen families)
Meronyms (members of "family Lycoperdaceae"):
genus Lycoperdon; Lycoperdon (genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium)
puffball; true puffball (any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature)
Calvatia; genus Calvatia (genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores)
Holonyms ("family Lycoperdaceae" is a member of...):
Lycoperdales; order Lycoperdales (small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars)
