Definitions for "Gasteromycetes"
An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.
fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
The group of Basidiomycetes with spores borne in cavities within the fruit body. ( 17)