DISCIOTIS VENOSA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms

Synonyms:

cup morel; Disciotis venosa

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Disciotis venosa" is a kind of...):

morel (any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap)

Holonyms ("Disciotis venosa" is a member of...):

family Morchellaceae; Morchellaceae (a family of edible fungi including the true morels)

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