gasteromycetes

WORDNET DICTIONARY

gasteromycetes(n = noun.plant) class gasteromycetes, class gastromycetes, gastromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi;

is a kind of class

is a member of basidiomycota, basidiomycotina, subdivision basidiomycota, subdivision basidiomycotina

gasteromycetes, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. stomach + a mushroom.].

An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs. [1913 Webster]