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Meaning of GASTEROMYCETES

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 Definition: [n]  fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
 
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 Synonyms: class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes, Gastromycetes
 
 See Also: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, class, gasteromycete, gastromycete, Hymenogastrales, Lycoperdales, Nidulariales, order Hymenogastrales, order Lycoperdales, order Nidulariales, order Phallales, order Sclerodermatales, order Secotiales, order Tulostomatales, Phallales, Sclerodermatales, Secotiales, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina, Tulostomatales

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?
stomach + ? a mushroom.] (Bot.)
An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac
called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
 
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