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Definition of Hymenomycetes
1. Noun. Used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi.
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Subdivision Basidiomycota, Subdivision Basidiomycotina
Definition of Hymenomycetes
1. n. pl. One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.
Medical Definition of Hymenomycetes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenomycetes
Literary usage of Hymenomycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The process described, if followed with care, will yield most * English, JL, 'A
Manual for the Preservation of the Larger Fungi (hymenomycetes) in their ..."
2. Botany for High Schools and Colleges by Charles Edwin Bessey (1880)
"Sachs regards these plants as constituting a group related to, but distinct from,
hymenomycetes. («) Many species are edible and nutritious. ..."
3. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"Oi the hymenomycetes in Java, 40 are Poli/pori; in the Phillip- pines 16, ...
There is the same marked predominance of hymenomycetes, and amongst these of ..."