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GASTROMYCETE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes

Synonyms:

gasteromycete; gastromycete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gastromycete" 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 "gastromycete"):

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 ("gastromycete" 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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