| gasteromycetes | (n) fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi, Syn. Gastromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes |
| gasteromycete | (n) any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes, Syn. gastromycete |
| Gasteromycetes | ‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; stomach + &unr_; 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 ] |