noun
order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
• Syn: ↑Pezizales
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Discomycetes, ↑subclass Discomycetes
• Member Meronyms: ↑Pezizaceae, ↑family Pezizaceae, ↑Sarcoscyphaceae, ↑family Sarcoscyphaceae, ↑Helvellaceae, ↑family Helvellaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.