-ā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hymenogastr-, Hymenogaster, genus of fungi + -ales
: an order of gasteromycetous fungi (subclass Homobasidiomycetes) having a distinct basidiocarp with a usually fleshy or waxy gleba which remains closed at least until after the basidia have discharged the basidiospores