. "The gasteroid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota. Species were formerly placed in the obsolete class Gasteromycetes Fr. (literally \"stomach fungi\"), or the equally obsolete order Gasteromycetales Rea, because they produce their spores inside their basidiocarps (fruit bodies) rather than on an outer surface. The class is artificial, however, since species\u2014which include puffballs, earthstars, stinkhorns, and false truffles\u2014are not closely related to each other."@en . .