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Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured puffballs
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gasteromycetes
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gasteromycetes \Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? stomach + ? a mushroom.] (Bot.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
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n. (plural of gasteromycete English)
Usage examples of gasteromycetes.
The first class, called the Gasteromycetes, or Stomach fungi, matures its spores on the inside of the plant.