Puffball - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: puffballBasidiomycota
A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium It embraces those fungi best known to the public such as mushrooms toadstools etc Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are Gasteromycetes puffballs Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales smuts and Uredinales rusts and Hymenomycetes mushrooms toadstools agarics bracket fungi...
Bullfist
A kind of fungus See Puffball...
Calvatia
a genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores...
VerbarGasteromycetes
An order of fungi in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium as in the puffballs...
Homobasidiomycetes
A category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including eg mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes...
Lycoperdaceae
A natural family of fungi including the genus Lycoperdon consisting of puffballs...
VerbarLycoperdon
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...
Peridium
The envelope or coat of certain fungi such as the puffballs and earthstars...
Puckball
A puffball...
Puckfist
A puffball...
- << Prev.
- Next >>
Sign-up to get more results
Unlock complete result pages and premium legal research features.
Start Free Trial