Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes
(noun) fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
