Gasterolichenes

plural noun

Gas·​tero·​lichenes

¦gastə(ˌ)rō +

in some classifications

: a group of angiocarpous lichens in which the fungus is a gasteromycete

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gaster- + Lichenes

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