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GASTEROMYCETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gasteromycete mean? 

GASTEROMYCETE (noun)
  The noun GASTEROMYCETE has 1 sense:

1. any fungus of the class Gasteromycetesplay

  Familiarity information: GASTEROMYCETE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GASTEROMYCETE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

gasteromycete; gastromycete

Hypernyms ("gasteromycete" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gasteromycete"):

Podaxaceae (a variety of gastromycete)

Calostoma lutescens (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case)

Calostoma cinnabarina (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case)

Calostoma ravenelii (a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores)

Holonyms ("gasteromycete" is a member of...):

class Gasteromycetes; class Gastromycetes; Gasteromycetes; Gastromycetes (fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi)


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