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Discomycetes
Sign in to savethumb|Photograph of a discomycetes. Discomycetes is a former taxonomic class of Ascomycete fungi which contains all of the cup, sponge and brain fungi, and some club-like fungi. It includes typical cup fungi like the scarlet elf cup and the orange peel fungus, and fungi with fruiting bodies of more unusual shape, such as morels, truffles and the swamp beacon. New taxonomic and molecular data fail to support the monophyly of the Discomycetes.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Discomycetes
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), TRH, CUP, O, NCU
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Norway, Bolivia, United States, Bermuda
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ascomycota
- Image
- Scutellinia spec. - Lindsey 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Discomycetes
- taxon rank
- class
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description and features
- References
- External links
thumb|Photograph of a discomycetes. Discomycetes is a former taxonomic class of Ascomycete fungi which contains all of the cup, sponge and brain fungi, and some club-like fungi. It includes typical cup fungi like the scarlet elf cup and the orange peel fungus, and fungi with fruiting bodies of more unusual shape, such as morels, truffles and the swamp beacon. New taxonomic and molecular data fail to support the monophyly of the Discomycetes.
== Description and features == Discomycetes are usually small and cup shaped, and come in singular form.
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