Lycoperdaceae

Lycoperdaceae
noun
a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
Hypernyms: ↑fungus family
Member Holonyms: ↑Lycoperdales, ↑order Lycoperdales
Member Meronyms: ↑Lycoperdon, ↑genus Lycoperdon, ↑puffball, ↑true puffball, ↑Calvatia, ↑genus Calvatia

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\\ˌlīkō(ˌ)pərˈdāsēˌē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Lycoperdon, type genus + -aceae
: a family of fungi (order Lycoperdales) comprising the puffballs and having a spherical fruiting body with a flexible peridium of two or three layers enclosing a chambered gleba that appears solid and white when young and at maturity is filled with masses of powdery dark spores

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