Hymenomycetes (Noun)
Meaning
Used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Botanists studying fungi have been known to use the term hymenomycetes to categorize various species within order Agaricales.
- The outdated use of hymenomycetes has resulted in this term becoming somewhat synonymous with more casual terms for the Agaricales order.
- Experts typically refer to this class of organism using its more modern classification within the Agaricales.
- Fungi enthusiasts tend to research order Agaricales under the somewhat outdated term of hymenomycetes for better understanding of this distinct class.
- On rare occasions, researchers refer to class hymenomycetes due to its relation to distinct variation of family trees seen primarily with the order Agaricales.