| hymenomycetes | (n) used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi, Syn. class Hymenomycetes |
| Hymenomycetes | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a membrane + &unr_;, &unr_;, a mushroom. ] (Bot.) One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed. M. J. Berkley. [ 1913 Webster ] |