order nidulariales

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1. small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus order,
definition	:	the order of fungi (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	family nidulariaceae, nidulariaceae,
definition	:	bird's-nest fungi (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	family sphaerobolaceae, sphaerobolaceae,
definition	:	monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	class gasteromycetes, class gastromycetes, gasteromycetes, gastromycetes,
definition	:	fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi (noun.plant)