pronunc at homo- + noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hom- + Basidiomycetes
: a subclass of Basidiomycetes comprising fungi with nonseptate and nondivided basidia and basidiospores that usually germinate directly to form a mycelium and including the gill fungi, pore fungi, coral fungi, and bird's-nest fungi and the puffballs and stinkhorns — compare heterobasidiomycetes