Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gasteromycetes
1 sense of gasteromycetes
Sense 1
Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes -- (fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi)
=> class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gasteromycete
1 sense of gasteromycete
Sense 1
gasteromycete, gastromycete -- (any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes)
=> fungus -- (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)