noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from disc- + -mycetes
in some classifications : a group of fungi of the class Ascomycetes in which the fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped (as in Pezizales)
• dis·co·my·ce·tous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|mīˌsēd.əs, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷mī|sēd.əs adjective