NOUN | plant | Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes | a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped |
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Meaning | A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped . | |
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Synonym | subclass Discomycetes | |
Member of | Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes | large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota |
Members | Pezizales, order Pezizales | Order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps |
discomycete, cup fungus | Any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes | |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
Adjectives | discomycetous | relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes |
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