'Gasteromycetes' definitions:
Definition of 'Gasteromycetes'
(from WordNet)
noun
Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi [syn: Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes]
Definition of 'Gasteromycetes'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]