1) Fungus genus 2) Genus lycoperdon
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Lycoperdon is a genus of puffball mushrooms. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. In general, it contains the smaller species such as the pear-shaped puffball and the gem-studded puffball. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, as the type genus which, following a restructuring of f...
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• (n.) 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.
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(from the article `Lycoperdaceae`) Lycoperdon is a genus of 50 cosmopolitan species of small common puffballs. L. perlatum (gemmatum) has spotlike scars on the surface and is edible ...
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Ly`co·per'don noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... wolf + ... to break wind.]
(Botany) 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.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: lī′kō-per′don Definitions: 1. A genus of fungi (family Lycoperdaceae), some species of which have been used medicinally, in alternative medicine, by nasal inhalation to treat epistaxis. The spores of Lycoperdon bovista (Lycoperdon gemmatum, Lycoperdon caelatum) and of Lycoperdon pyriforme may rarely p...
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n] - genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
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genus Lycoperdon noun genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
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