GENUS DISCINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Discina mean? 

• GENUS DISCINA (noun)
  The noun GENUS DISCINA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores

  Familiarity information: GENUS DISCINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DISCINA (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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)