Lycoperdaceae

Lycoperdaceae

Taxobox
name = Lycoperdaceae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lycoperdon perlatum"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Lycoperdaceae
(= Agaricaceae)
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Bovista"
"Calvatia"
"Handkea"
"Lycoperdon"
"Vascellum"

Lycoperdaceae is a family of fungi now known to lie in the Agaricales. Historically they were placed in their own order Lycoperdales. Members of the Lycoperdaceae family are known as the true puffballs. Unlike other types of fungi that hold spores in gills or teeth, puffballs contain the spores inside a layer of tougher outer skin. When a puffball reaches maturity, the tough skin will split open, allowing the billions of spores to be released.

External links

* [http://www.hti.umich.edu:80/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=fung1tc;cc=fung1tc;view=toc;idno=AGK0823.0001.001 "Puffballs and their allies in Michigan"] by Alexander H. Smith, 1951. (Full text of monograph.)


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  • lycoperdaceae — ly·co·per·da·ce·ae …   English syllables

  • family Lycoperdaceae — noun a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs • Syn: ↑Lycoperdaceae • Hypernyms: ↑fungus family • Member Holonyms: ↑Lycoperdales, ↑order Lycoperdales • Me …   Useful english dictionary

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