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PEZIZALES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
Synonyms:
order Pezizales; Pezizales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pezizales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "Pezizales"):
family Pezizaceae; Pezizaceae (large family comprising many typical cup fungi)
family Sarcoscyphaceae; Sarcoscyphaceae (family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales)
family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae (family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous)
Holonyms ("Pezizales" is a member of...):
Discomycetes; subclass Discomycetes (a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped)
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