Gasteromycetes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gasteromycetes \Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?
     stomach + ? a mushroom.] (Bot.)
     An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac
     called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gasteromycetes
       n : fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores
           have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
           [syn: {class Gasteromycetes}, {Gastromycetes}, {class
           Gastromycetes}]