discomycetes
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1. a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | cup fungus, discomycete, |
| definition | : | any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order pezizales, pezizales, |
| definition | : | order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | ascomycetes, class ascomycetes, |
| definition | : | large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | discomycetous, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | discomycetous, |
| definition | : | relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes (adj.pert) |
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