discina meaning

Noun: discina

1. Any fungus of the genus Discina

Type of: false morel

Encyclopedia: Discina

• discina macrospora:    Noun: Discina macr ...
• genus discina:    Noun: genus Discin ...

Examples

1. Both the spores and the Discina " ( in the Helvellaceae family ) and to the other Sarcosomataceae, especially " Plectania nannfeldtii "; both of these species have fine secondary wall spore ornaments.
2. Analysis of the ribosomal DNA of many of the Pezizales showed the genus " Gyromitra " to be most closely related to the genus " Discina ", and also " Pseudorhizina ", " Hydnotrya ", and only distantly related to " Helvella ".