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Definition of Class gasteromycetes
1. Noun. Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi.
Exact synonyms: Class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes
Generic synonyms: Class
Member holonyms: Order Sclerodermatales, Sclerodermatales, Hymenogastrales, Order Hymenogastrales, Gasteromycete, Gastromycete, Order Phallales, Phallales, Order Tulostomatales, Tulostomatales, Lycoperdales, Order Lycoperdales, Nidulariales, Order Nidulariales, Order Secotiales, Secotiales
Group relationships: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Subdivision Basidiomycota, Subdivision Basidiomycotina
Generic synonyms: Class
Member holonyms: Order Sclerodermatales, Sclerodermatales, Hymenogastrales, Order Hymenogastrales, Gasteromycete, Gastromycete, Order Phallales, Phallales, Order Tulostomatales, Tulostomatales, Lycoperdales, Order Lycoperdales, Nidulariales, Order Nidulariales, Order Secotiales, Secotiales
Group relationships: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Subdivision Basidiomycota, Subdivision Basidiomycotina
Literary usage of Class gasteromycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants by Margaret Plues (1864)
"... characteristic of the first class (Hymenomycetes); the envelope marking the
second class (Gasteromycetes); the prevalence of dust-like spores in the ..."
2. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1825)
"... a genus of the order PYRENOMYCETES, of the class GASTEROMYCETES, of Fungi,
arranged according to the system of Dr. Elias Fries, and is supplementary to ..."
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