#class_Gasteromycetes__Gasteromycetes__Gastromycetes__class_Gastromycetes  fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
  supertype:  #class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  #subdivision_Basidiomycota
  member:  #order_Sclerodermatales__Sclerodermatales  an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
     member:  #family_Sclerodermataceae__Sclerodermataceae  a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
        member:  #genus_Scleroderma__Scleroderma  genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles
           member:  #earthball__false_truffle__falsetruffle__puffball__hard-skinned_puffball  any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
           member:  #Scleroderma_citrinum__Scleroderma_aurantium  an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts
           member:  #Scleroderma_flavidium__star_earthball  an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
           member:  #Scleroderma_bovista__smooth_earthball  an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity
     member:  #family_Tulostomaceae__Tulostomaceae__Tulostomataceae__family_Tulostomataceae  stalked puffballs
        member:  #genus_Tulostoma__Tulostoma__Tulestoma__genus_Tulestoma  type genus of the Tulostomaceae
           member:  #stalked_puffball.fungus__stalkedpuffball  mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball
  member:  #order_Hymenogastrales__Hymenogastrales  an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
     member:  #family_Rhizopogonaceae__Rhizopogonaceae  a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
        member:  #false_truffle__falsetruffle  any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
        member:  #genus_Rhizopogon__Rhizopogon  a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
           member:  #Rhizopogon_idahoensis  a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes grayish brown in maturity
        member:  #genus_Truncocolumella__Truncocolumella  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae
           member:  #Truncocolumella_citrina  a fungus with a round yellow to orange fruiting body that is found on the surface of the ground or partially buried; has a distinctive sterile column extending into the spore-bearing tissue
  member:  #gasteromycete  any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes
  member:  #order_Phallales__Phallales  order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
     member:  #family_Phallaceae__Phallaceae  a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
        member:  #genus_Phallus__Phallus  genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem
           member:  #common_stinkhorn__Phallus_impudicus  a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
           member:  #Phallus_ravenelii  this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh
        member:  #genus_Dictyophera__Dictyophera  closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus
        member:  #genus_Mutinus__Mutinus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae
     member:  #stinkhorn__carrion_fungus  any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
     member:  #dog_stinkhorn__dogstinkhorn__Mutinus_caninus  a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it
     member:  #family_Clathraceae__Clathraceae  family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns
        member:  #genus_Clathrus__Clathrus  type genus of the Clathraceae
        member:  #genus_Pseudocolus__Pseudocolus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae
           member:  #stinky_squid__Pseudocolus_fusiformis  a stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point
  member:  #order_Tulostomatales__Tulostomatales  an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes
     member:  #family_Calostomataceae__Calostomataceae  a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
        member:  #Calostoma_lutescens  a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case
        member:  #Calostoma_cinnabarina  a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case
        member:  #Calostoma_ravenelii  a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores
  member:  #order_Lycoperdales__Lycoperdales  small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
     member:  #family_Lycoperdaceae__Lycoperdaceae  a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
        member:  #genus_Lycoperdon__Lycoperdon  genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
        member:  #true_puffball__puffball  any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
        member:  #genus_Calvatia__Calvatia  genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores
           member:  #giant_puffball__giantpuffball__Calvatia_gigantea  huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
     member:  #family_Geastraceae__Geastraceae  a family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales
        member:  #earthstar  any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star
        member:  #genus_Geastrum__Geastrum  type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments
        member:  #genus_Radiigera__Radiigera  a genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae
           member:  #Radiigera_fuscogleba  a fungus similar to an earthstar except that it does not open up; the spore mass is brown at maturity with a column of sterile tissue extending up into it
        member:  #genus_Astreus__Astreus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae
  member:  #order_Nidulariales__Nidulariales  small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae
     member:  #family_Nidulariaceae__Nidulariaceae  bird's-nest fungi
        member:  #bird's-nest_fungus  any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
        member:  #genus_Nidularia__Nidularia  type genus of the Nidulariaceae
     member:  #family_Sphaerobolaceae__Sphaerobolaceae  monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity
  member:  #order_Secotiales__Secotiales  an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes
     member:  #family_Secotiaceae__Secotiaceae  a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi
        member:  #genus_Gastrocybe__Gastrocybe  a genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae
           member:  #Gastrocybe_lateritia  a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses
        member:  #genus_Macowanites__Macowanites  a stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely
           member:  #Macowanites_americanus  a small fungus with a fragile cap that cracks to expose the white context and a white stalk that is practically enclosed by the cap
        member:  #genus_Gastroboletus__Gastroboletus  a genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae; they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium
           member:  #Gastroboletus_scabrosus  a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete
           member:  #Gastroboletus_turbinatus  a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete

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