Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Hymenomycete: formerly a taxonomic group of basidiomycetes, now understood as polyphyletic assemblage of basidiomycetes. Refers to fungi with fruit bodies whose hymenophore developes not enclosed or only so with a veil (velum, which is called a gymnocarpic or hemiangiocarpic ontogeny, respectively. Puffballs, on the other hand, have gasterocarpic development (hymenophore enclosed). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.