Hymenomycetes

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

  Hymenomycetes \Hy`me*no*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
     membrane + ?, ?, a mushroom.] (Bot.)
     One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species
     in which the hymenium is completely exposed. --M. J. Berkley.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hymenomycetes
       n : used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order
           Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
           [syn: {class Hymenomycetes}]