noun
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
• Syn: ↑class Gasteromycetes, ↑Gastromycetes, ↑class Gastromycetes
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina
• Member Meronyms:
↑Sclerodermatales, ↑order Sclerodermatales, ↑Hymenogastrales, ↑order Hymenogastrales, ↑gasteromycete, ↑gastromycete, ↑Phallales, ↑order Phallales, ↑Tulostomatales, ↑order Tulostomatales, ↑Lycoperdales, ↑order Lycoperdales, ↑Nidulariales, ↑order Nidulariales, ↑Secotiales, ↑order Secotiales
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\\ˌgastə(ˌ)rōˌmīsēd.(ˌ)ēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
in some classifications : a class or subclass of fungi including all basidiomycetes with the basidia and spores enclosed in a peridium (as the puffballs and stinkhorns)
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Gasteromycetes /gas-tər-ō-mī-sēˈtēz/ plural noun
(Gr mykētes, pl of mykēs mushroom) an order of fungi that includes puffballs, stinkhorns, etc
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Main Entry: ↑gastero-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.