- genus Lycoperdon
- noungenus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium• Syn: ↑Lycoperdon• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycoperdaceae, ↑family Lycoperdaceae
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genus Lycoperdon
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Lycoperdon — Taxobox | name = Lycoperdon image width = 240px image caption = Lycoperdon pyriforme regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Agaricales familia = Lycoperdaceae genus = Lycoperdon Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball… … Wikipedia
Lycoperdon pyriforme — Pear shaped Puffball Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division … Wikipedia
Lycoperdon umbrinum — Taxobox | name = Lycoperdon image width = 240px image caption = Lycoperdon umbrinum, Gala, Norway, late August regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Agaricales familia = Agaricaceae genus = Lycoperdon species = L … Wikipedia
Lycoperdon — noun genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium • Syn: ↑genus Lycoperdon • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Lycoperdaceae, ↑family Lycoperdaceae … Useful english dictionary
Lycoperdon — Ly co*per don, prop. n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ? to break wind.] (Bot.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lycoperdon giganteum — Giant Gi ant, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. [1913 Webster] {Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}. {Giant clam} (Zo[ o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus {Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lycoperdon giganteum — Puffball Puff ball , n. (Bot.) A kind of ball shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist}, {puff}, and {puffin}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lycoperdon — A genus of fungi (family Lycoperdaceae), some species of which have been used medicinally, e.g., in folk medicine, by nasal inhalation to treat epistaxis. The spores of L. bovista (L. gemmatum, L. caelatum) and of L. pyriforme may rarely produce… … Medical dictionary
fungus genus — noun includes lichen genera • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Erysiphe, ↑genus Erysiphe, ↑Neurospora, ↑genus Neurospora, ↑Ceratostomella, ↑genus Ceratostomella, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
