gastromycete

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Noun

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gastromycete - any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes gasteromycete Podaxaceae - a variety of gastromycete fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi Calostoma lutescens - a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case Calostoma cinnabarina - a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case Calostoma ravenelii - a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores