Gasteromycetes

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See also: gasteromycetes

Translingual

common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)

devil's fingers (Clathrus archeri)

Etymology

From Latin gaster (“belly”) + -o- +‎ -mycetes.

Proper noun

Gasteromycetes

(archaic) A taxonomic class within the phylum Basidiomycota – a polyphyletic group of fungi (gasteromycetes) that produce spores inside their fruiting bodies, including puffballs, stinkhorns, bird's nest fungi or false truffles.

Hypernyms

(group): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycetes – class

Hyponyms

Bovista^{WP WSp Commons}, Calvatia, Clathrus, Crucibulum^{WP WSp Commons}, Cyathus, Hymenogaster, Lycoperdon, Lysurus, Melanogaster, Mutinus, Phallus, Rhizopogon^{WP WSp Commons} – genera

Translations

group of fungi

Czech: břichatkovité f pl
Slovak: bruchatkovité f pl

References

gasteroid fungi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Fungi (classifications) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gasteromycetes at MycoBank

Wikious

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