Definition of Discomycetous

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes.

Partainyms: Discomycete
Derivative terms: Discomycetes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discomycetous

discomplexioned
discompliance
discompose
discomposed
discomposes
discomposing
discomposingly
discomposition
discomposure
discomposures
discompt
discompted
discompting
discompts
discomycete
discomycetous (current term)
disconcert
disconcerted
disconcertedly
disconcertedness
disconcerting
disconcertingly
disconcertion
disconcertment
disconcertments
disconcerts
disconfirm
disconfirmation
disconfirmations
disconfirmed

Literary usage of Discomycetous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1905)
"... by Kellerman ; 200 Italian fungi, by Saccardo ; 4 large sheets of water-colour drawings of basidiomycetous and discomycetous British fungi, by WG Smith; ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"2, 3) shows the characteristically discomycetous hymenium, and the tendency to expose the fruiting disk by the breaking off of portions of the roof of the ..."

3. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"25). « Araucaria imbricata, or other species : introduced ; the whole shoot ; (p. 230). Ascobolus, a discomycetous Fungus, which grows on dung if kept under ..."

4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"Its fructification recalls that of the discomycetous Morchella, but it has quite a different manner of development. A fructification of this species of ..."

5. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1899)
"... are a family of discomycetous fungi with fructifications consisting usually of two portions ..."

6. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"The discomycetous fungi have a filamentous mycelium. Reproduction is by the union of two hyphal branches either of similar size, or differentiated into ..."

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