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gasteromycetes |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gasteromycetes \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Gasteromycetes n : fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi [syn: {Gasteromycetes}, {class Gasteromycetes}, {Gastromycetes}, {class Gastromycetes}]
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