Found 2 items, similar to Gasteromycetes.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Gasteromycetes Gasteromycetes n : fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi [syn: class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gasteromycetes 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. [1913 Webster]