Hymenogastrales

plural noun

Hy·​me·​no·​gas·​tra·​les

-ā(ˌ)lēz

: an order of gasteromycetous fungi (subclass Homobasidiomycetes) having a distinct basidiocarp with a usually fleshy or waxy gleba which remains closed at least until after the basidia have discharged the basidiospores

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Hymenogastr-, Hymenogaster, genus of fungi + -ales

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