Definition of Gasteromycetes

Noun: Gasteromycetes

1. Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
   - class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes

1. Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes
   - gastromycete

See also:
gasteromycete
Gasterophilidae