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Noun: Gastromycetes
  1. Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
    - Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes
Noun: gastromycete
  1. Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes, characterized by internal spore production
    "Puffballs are a well-known type of gastromycete";
    - gasteromycete

Type of: class, fungus

Part of: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina

Encyclopedia: Gastromycetes