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    CLASS GASTROMYCETES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungiplay

    Synonyms:

    class Gasteromycetes; class Gastromycetes; Gasteromycetes; Gastromycetes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("class Gastromycetes" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "class Gastromycetes"):

    order Sclerodermatales; Sclerodermatales (an order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes))

    Hymenogastrales; order Hymenogastrales (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes))

    gasteromycete; gastromycete (any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes)

    order Phallales; Phallales (order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)

    order Tulostomatales; Tulostomatales (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes)

    Lycoperdales; order Lycoperdales (small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars)

    Nidulariales; order Nidulariales (small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae)

    order Secotiales; Secotiales (an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes)

    Holonyms ("class Gastromycetes" is a member of...):

    Basidiomycota; Basidiomycotina; subdivision Basidiomycota; subdivision Basidiomycotina (comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi)

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