HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Homobasidiomycetes mean? 

• HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES (noun)
  The noun HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES has 1 sense:

1. category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes

  Familiarity information: HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Homobasidiomycetes; subclass Homobasidiomycetes

Hypernyms ("Homobasidiomycetes" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Holonyms ("Homobasidiomycetes" is a member of...):

Basidiomycetes; class Basidiomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota)