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GENUS DISCINA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Discina" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Discina"):
Discina macrospora (a discina with a flat or saucer-shaped fertile body that is brown on the upper surface; has a short stalk; not recommended for eating)
Holonyms ("genus Discina" is a member of...):
family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae (family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous)
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