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DISCOMYCETES

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 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-shapedplay

  Familiarity information: DISCOMYCETES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISCOMYCETES (noun)


Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

discomycetous (relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes)


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