cup_fungus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *cup fungus*:
NOUN	plant	cup fungus, discomycete	any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes

English > *cup fungus*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes.
Synonym	discomycete
Member of	Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes	A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
Narrower	Aleuria aurantia, orange peel fungus	A discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors
	Caloscypha fulgens	An early spring variety of discomycete with yellow to orange yellow lining of the cup
	Galiella rufa	The cup-shaped fruiting body of this discomycete has a jellylike interior and a short stalk
	Jafnea semitosta	The fruiting bodies of this discomycete have a firm texture and long retain their cup shape
	Leotia lubrica	A discomycete that develops in clusters of slippery rubbery gelatinous fruiting bodies that are dingy yellow to tan in color
	Mitrula elegans	A discomycete that is 3-8 cm high with an orange to yellow fertile portion and white or pinkish stalks often half in and half out of the water
	Peziza domicilina	A discomycetous fungus of the genus Peziza
	Sarcoscypha coccinea, scarlet cup	A discomycete that is a harbinger of spring
	Urnula craterium, urn fungus	An urn-shaped discomycete with a nearly black interior
	blood cup, fairy cup, Peziza coccinea	A scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
Broader	ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus	Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
Spanish	discomycete
Catalan	discomycete

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