gasteromycetes

Noun

Meaning

An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

class Gasteromycetes class Gastromycetes Gastromycetes

Hypernyms

class

Examples

The puffballs were previously treated as a taxonomic group called the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Gasteroclisus auriculatus gasteroid gasteromycete gasteromycetous gasteropelecid gasterophilid