DISCOMYCETES
Dictionary entry overview: What does Discomycetes mean? • DISCOMYCETES (noun)
The noun DISCOMYCETES has 1 sense:
1. a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
Familiarity information: DISCOMYCETES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISCOMYCETES (noun)
Meaning:
A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Discomycetes; subclass Discomycetes
Hypernyms ("Discomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Discomycetes"):
cup fungus; discomycete (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)
order Pezizales; Pezizales (order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps)
Holonyms ("Discomycetes" is a member of...):
Ascomycetes; class Ascomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi)
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