Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discomycetes

1 sense of discomycetes

Sense 1
Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes -- (a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped)
       => class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun discomycete

1 sense of discomycete

Sense 1
discomycete, cup fungus -- (any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes)
       => ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus -- (any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus)