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.
Hymenomycetes
n : used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order
Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
[syn: {class Hymenomycetes}]