gasteromycetes Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
    class Gasteromycetes; class Gastromycetes; Gastromycetes.
  2. noun any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes
    gasteromycete; gastromycete.

WordNet

Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes noun plural
Etymology
NL., from Gr. stomach + a mushroom.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

Webster 1913