heterobasidiomycetes

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1. category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	class,
definition	:	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group)

member meronym	:	basidiomycetes, class basidiomycetes,
definition	:	large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota (noun.plant)