#order_Lycoperdales__Lycoperdales  small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
  supertype:  #fungus_order  the order of fungi
  member of:  #class_Gasteromycetes
  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

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