SUBCLASS HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES

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Meaning:

Category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes

Synonyms:

Homobasidiomycetes; subclass Homobasidiomycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("subclass Homobasidiomycetes" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("subclass Homobasidiomycetes" is a member of...):

Basidiomycetes; class Basidiomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota)

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