hymenomycetes Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
    class Hymenomycetes.

WordNet


Hy`me*no*my*ce"tes noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a membrane + , , a mushroom.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed. M. J. Berkley.

Webster 1913