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The Lycoperdales are a now outdated order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 of fungi
Fungus

A fungus is a Eukaryote organism that is a member of the Kingdom Fungi . The fungi are a monophyletic group, also called the Eumycota , that is phylogeny distinct from the morphologically similar slime molds and water molds ....
. The order included some well-known types such as the giant puffball
Giant puffball

Calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the Giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests worldwide usually in late summer and autumn....
, the earthstar
Geastraceae

The earthstars are the family Geastraceae of puffballs Basidiomycota . It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. About 60 species are classified in this family, divided among 8 genera....
s, and other tuberous fungi. They were defined as having epigeous basidiomes, a hymenium
Hymenium

The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidium or ascus, which produce spores....
 present, one to three layers in the peridium (outer wall), powdery gleba
Gleba

Gleba is the fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of fungi such as the puffball or stinkhorn.The gleba is a solid mass of spores, generated within an enclosed area within the sporocarp....
, and brown spores.

The restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny
Molecular phylogeny

Molecular phylogenetics, also known as molecular systematics, is the use of the structure of molecules to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships....
 has divided this order . Most of its members have been placed in family Lycoperdaceae
Lycoperdaceae

Lycoperdaceae is a Family of approximately 150 fungus now known to lie in the Agaricales. Historically they were placed in their own order Lycoperdales....
 of order Agaricales
Agaricales

The order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms , or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The Order has about 4,000 identified species, or one quarter of all known Agaricomycetes....
, while the earthstars and similar species now occupy family Geastraceae
Geastraceae

The earthstars are the family Geastraceae of puffballs Basidiomycota . It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. About 60 species are classified in this family, divided among 8 genera....
 of order Phallales
Phallales

The Phallales are an Order of fungi that is more or less synonymous with the gomphoid-phalloid clade. At one time, the order was composed entirely of Stinkhorns , but has been expanded to include other families due to modern DNA analysis....
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The Lycoperdales are a now outdated order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 of fungi
Fungus

A fungus is a Eukaryote organism that is a member of the Kingdom Fungi . The fungi are a monophyletic group, also called the Eumycota , that is phylogeny distinct from the morphologically similar slime molds and water molds ....
. The order included some well-known types such as the giant puffball
Giant puffball

Calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the Giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests worldwide usually in late summer and autumn....
, the earthstar
Geastraceae

The earthstars are the family Geastraceae of puffballs Basidiomycota . It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. About 60 species are classified in this family, divided among 8 genera....
s, and other tuberous fungi. They were defined as having epigeous basidiomes, a hymenium
Hymenium

The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidium or ascus, which produce spores....
 present, one to three layers in the peridium (outer wall), powdery gleba
Gleba

Gleba is the fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of fungi such as the puffball or stinkhorn.The gleba is a solid mass of spores, generated within an enclosed area within the sporocarp....
, and brown spores.

The restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny
Molecular phylogeny

Molecular phylogenetics, also known as molecular systematics, is the use of the structure of molecules to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships....
 has divided this order . Most of its members have been placed in family Lycoperdaceae
Lycoperdaceae

Lycoperdaceae is a Family of approximately 150 fungus now known to lie in the Agaricales. Historically they were placed in their own order Lycoperdales....
 of order Agaricales
Agaricales

The order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms , or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The Order has about 4,000 identified species, or one quarter of all known Agaricomycetes....
, while the earthstars and similar species now occupy family Geastraceae
Geastraceae

The earthstars are the family Geastraceae of puffballs Basidiomycota . It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. About 60 species are classified in this family, divided among 8 genera....
 of order Phallales
Phallales

The Phallales are an Order of fungi that is more or less synonymous with the gomphoid-phalloid clade. At one time, the order was composed entirely of Stinkhorns , but has been expanded to include other families due to modern DNA analysis....
.