GENUS DISCINA

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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)

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