noun
used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
• Syn: ↑class Hymenomycetes
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina
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\\-ˌmī|sēd.(ˌ) ēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
in some classifications : a subclass of Basidiomycetes coextensive with the order Agaricales
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Hymenomycetes /hī-mən-ō-mī-sēˈtēz/ plural noun
An order of fungi with exposed hymenium from an early stage eg toadstools, etc
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Main Entry: ↑hymen
Useful english dictionary. 2012.