Includes puffballs and earthstars

• Small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Lycoperdales are a now outdated order of fungi . The order included some well-known types such as the giant puffball , the earthstars , and other tuberous fungi. They were defined as having epigeous basidiomes, a hymenium present, one to three layers ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lycoperdales \Lycoperdales\ prop. n. A small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies: puffpalls; earthstars. Syn: order Lycoperdales .