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ORDER PEZIZALES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Pezizales mean?
• ORDER PEZIZALES (noun)
The noun ORDER PEZIZALES has 1 sense:
1. order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
Familiarity information: ORDER PEZIZALES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
order Pezizales; Pezizales
Hypernyms ("order Pezizales" is a kind of...):
fungus order (the order of fungi)
Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order 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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