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| − | '''discomycete''' (''pl.'' discomycetes; ''common name | + | '''discomycete''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:Colloquial]][[:Category:Colloquial|colloquial]], ''pl.'' discomycetes; ''common name:'' [[cup fungus]]) – a group of [[ascomycete]]s (= [[sac-fungi]]) that can be recognized by their disk-like [[ascocarp]]; formerly proposed as a class of the Ascomycota (having [[unitunicate]] (including [[operculate]] or [[inoperculate]]) [[asci]] borne in true [[apothecia]], i. e., [[disciform]] ascocarps with [[ascohymenial]] ontogeny), but no longer recognized as a [[:Category:Scientific taxon name|scientific taxon name]][[Category:Scientific taxon name]]. Still used in a descriptive, colloquial fashion to describe any ascomycete with disciform ascocarps. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
discomycete (noun,colloquial, pl. discomycetes; common name: cup fungus) – a group of ascomycetes (= sac-fungi) that can be recognized by their disk-like ascocarp; formerly proposed as a class of the Ascomycota (having unitunicate (including operculate or inoperculate) asci borne in true apothecia, i. e., disciform ascocarps with ascohymenial ontogeny), but no longer recognized as a scientific taxon name. Still used in a descriptive, colloquial fashion to describe any ascomycete with disciform ascocarps.
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