Gasteromycetes

[ɡæstərəmaɪ'sets]

(noun.) fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi.

Typist: Pansy--From WordNet

(n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

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