Definition of Genus discina

1. Noun. A genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores.

Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Helvellaceae, Helvellaceae
Member holonyms: Discina Macrospora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Discina

genus Diphylla
genus Dipladenia
genus Diplococcus
genus Diplodocus
genus Diplopterygium
genus Diplotaxis
genus Dipodomys
genus Dipogon
genus Dipsacus
genus Dipsosaurus
genus Dipteronia
genus Dipteryx
genus Dipus
genus Dirca
genus Disa
genus Discina
genus Dodonaea
genus Dolichonyx
genus Dolichos
genus Dolichotis
genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya
genus Doodia
genus Doronicum
genus Dorotheanthus
genus Doryopteris
genus Dovyalis
genus Draba
genus Dracaena
genus Draco

Literary usage of Genus discina

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

1. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1859)
"M'CoY, and Mr. DAVIDSON, under the genus discina, a name proposed by LAMARCK for a recent species, ..."

2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The species of the genus Discina range from the Silurian Rocks to the present day, seven species being now living. ..."

3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The species of the genus Discina range from Silurian Rocks to the present day, seven species being now living. ..."

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