Crossword clues for lycoperdon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lycoperdon \Ly`co*per"don\, prop. n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ? to break wind.] (Bot.) 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.
Wikipedia
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 fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split. Lycoperdon is now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order Agaricales.
The name comes from lycos meaning wolf and perdon meaning to break wind; thus the name literally means wolf-farts.
Usage examples of "lycoperdon".
I have already drawn your attention to the anaesthetic properties of the lycoperdon, or common puff-ball.
I had heard that the Lycoperdon giganteum reaches nine feet in circumference, but here were white mushrooms, nearly forty feet high, and with tops of equal dimensions.
The genus Lycoperdon belongs to this group, and it contains the puff-balls so common in this country.
The Lycoperdons contain several genera, among which we select the Puff-balls proper and the Earth stars.