GASTEROMYCETES

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



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