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from The Century Dictionary.
- A large group of ascomycetous fungi, in which the hymenium is exposed and the fruiting body is cupular, discoid, or club-shaped, and sometimes convoluted.
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- noun a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
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