class gasteromycetes

1. Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs;
   Earth stars;
   Stinkhorn fungi (synset 113059704)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • 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
   belongs to: 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
   same as: class gastromycetes, gasteromycetes, gastromycetes

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