sclerodermataceae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus family,
definition	:	includes lichen families (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	genus scleroderma, scleroderma,
definition	:	genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	order sclerodermatales, sclerodermatales,
definition	:	an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) (noun.plant)