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, characterized by internal spore production
   "Puffballs are a well-known type of gasteromycete";
   - gastromycete

Type of: class, fungus

Part of: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina

Encyclopedia: Gasteromycetes