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[syn: Hymenomycetes, class Hymenomycetes]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hymenomycetes \Hy`me*no*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a
membrane + ?, ?, a mushroom.] (Bot.)
One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species
in which the hymenium is completely exposed. --M. J. Berkley.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hymenomycetes
n 1: used in some classifications; usually coextensive with
order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket
fungi [syn: Hymenomycetes, class Hymenomycetes]