class Gasteromycetes

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1.class Gasteromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungiclass Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetesclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersorder Sclerodermatales, Sclerodermatales - an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)Hymenogastrales, order Hymenogastrales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina - comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungigasteromycete, gastromycete - any fungus of the class Gasteromycetesorder Phallales, Phallales - order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetesorder Tulostomatales, Tulostomatales - an order of fungi belonging to the class GasteromycetesLycoperdales, order Lycoperdales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstarsNidulariales, order Nidulariales - small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceaeorder Secotiales, Secotiales - an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes

class Gasteromycetes

class Gasteromycetes

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noun fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs

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