CUP FUNGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cup fungus mean?
• CUP FUNGUS (noun)
The noun CUP FUNGUS has 1 sense:
1. any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
Familiarity information: CUP FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CUP FUNGUS (noun)
Meaning:
Any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cup fungus; discomycete
Hypernyms ("cup fungus" is a kind of...):
ascomycete; ascomycetous fungus (any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cup fungus"):
Jafnea semitosta (the fruiting bodies of this discomycete have a firm texture and long retain their cup shape; the pale brown interior blends with the color of dead leaves)
Galiella rufa (the cup-shaped fruiting body of this discomycete has a jellylike interior and a short stalk)
urn fungus; Urnula craterium (an urn-shaped discomycete with a nearly black interior)
blood cup; fairy cup; Peziza coccinea (a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp)
Peziza domicilina (a discomycetous fungus of the genus Peziza; the fragile fruiting body is a ghostly white but stains yellow when broken; favors strongly alkaline habitats)
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)
Sarcoscypha coccinea; scarlet cup (a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring; the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped (about the size of quarter to a half dollar) with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior)
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)
Leotia lubrica (a discomycete that develops in clusters of slippery rubbery gelatinous fruiting bodies that are dingy yellow to tan in color)
Holonyms ("cup fungus" is a member of...):
Discomycetes; subclass Discomycetes (a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped)
