gastromycete

Noun
  1. Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes (synset 113060109)
    is a type of: fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
    subtypes:
    • podaxaceae - a variety of gastromycete
    • calostoma lutescens - a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case
    • calostoma cinnabarina - a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case
    • calostoma ravenelii - a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores
    belongs to: class gasteromycetes, class gastromycetes, gasteromycetes, gastromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
    same as: gasteromycete

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