Gasteromycetes
plural noun
Gas·tero·my·ce·tes
ˌgastə(ˌ)rōˌmīsēt(ˌ)ēz
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)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from gaster- + -mycetes