discomycete (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

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

English > *discomycete*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes.
Synonym	cup fungus
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
Adjectives	discomycetous	relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes

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