English > class Gasteromycetes: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi. |
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| Synonyms | Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes |
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| Member of | Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycotina | Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium |
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| Members | Hymenogastrales, order Hymenogastrales | An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes |
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| Lycoperdales, order Lycoperdales | small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies |
| Nidulariales, order Nidulariales | small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families ... / families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae |
| Phallales, order Phallales | Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid |
| Sclerodermatales, order Sclerodermatales | An order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes) |
| Secotiales, order Secotiales | An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes |
| Tulostomatales, order Tulostomatales | An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes |
| gasteromycete, gastromycete | Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| Spanish | gasteromicetes |
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