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ORDER HYMENOGASTRALES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)

Synonyms:

Hymenogastrales; order Hymenogastrales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("order Hymenogastrales" is a kind of...):

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "order Hymenogastrales"):

family Rhizopogonaceae; Rhizopogonaceae (a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores)

Holonyms ("order Hymenogastrales" 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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