#class_Ascomycetes__Ascomycetes  large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
  supertype:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  subdivision_Ascomycota
  member:  subclass_Euascomycetes__Euascomycetes  category not used in many classification systems
  member:  subclass_Discomycetes__Discomycetes  a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
     member:  discomycete__cupfungu  any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
     member:  order_Pezizales__Pezizales  order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
        member:  family_Pezizaceae__Pezizaceae  large family comprising many typical cup fungi
           member:  genus_Peziza__Peziza  type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus
              member:  Peziza_domicilina  a discomycetous fungus of the genus Peziza; the fragile fruiting body is a ghostly white but stains yellow when broken; favors strongly alkaline habitats
              member:  blood_cup__bloodcup__fairy_cup__fairycup__Peziza_coccinea  a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
           member:  genus_Plectania__Plectania  genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza
        member:  family_Sarcoscyphaceae__Sarcoscyphaceae  family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales
        member:  family_Helvellaceae__Helvellaceae  family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous
           member:  genus_Morchella__Morchella  genus of edible fungi: morel
              member:  morel  any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
              member:  common_morel__Morchella_esculenta__sponge_mushroom__sponge_morel  an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges
           member:  false_morel  a fungus of the family Helvellaceae
           member:  lorchel  a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae
           member:  genus_Helvella  type genus of the Helvellaceae
              member:  Helvella_sulcata  a helvella with an irregularly convoluted cap that is dark brown when young and becomes dull gray with age; the lower surface of the cap is smooth and pale gray; the stalk is thick and deeply fluted
              member:  helvella  any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds
              member:  Helvella_crispa__miter_mushroom__mitermushroom  a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color; the stalk is fluted and pitted
              member:  Helvella_acetabulum  a helvella with a cup-shaped fertile body having a brown interior; the stalk is creamy white and heavily ribbed
           member:  genus_Discina  a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body and ornamented spores
              member:  Discina_macrospora  a discina with a flat or saucer-shaped fertile body that is brown on the upper surface; has a short stalk; not recommended for eating
           member:  genus_Gyromitra  a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown
              member:  Gyromitra_californica__California_false_morel  a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California
              member:  Gyromitra_sphaerospora__round-spored_gyromitra  a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains
              member:  Gyromitra_esculenta__brain_mushroom__brainmushroom__beefsteak_morel__beefsteakmorel  a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown
              member:  Gyromitra_infula__saddled-shaped_false_morel  a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even
              member:  Gyromitra_fastigiata__Gyromitra_brunnea  a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk
              member:  Gyromitra_gigas  a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled; has early fruiting time
  member:  family_Morchellaceae__Morchellaceae  a family of edible fungi including the true morels
     member:  Disciotis_venosa__cup_morel__cupmorel  an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms
     member:  Verpa__bell_morel  a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top
     member:  Verpa_conica__conic_Verpa  a morel with a fertile portion that has a relatively smooth surface; the stalk is fragile
     member:  black_morel__blackmorel__Morchella_conica__conic_morel__conicmorel__Morchella_angusticeps__narrowhead_morel  a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is gray when young and black in old age
     member:  Morchella_crassipes__thick-footed_morel  a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits
     member:  Morchella_semilibera__half-free_morel__cow's_head__cow'shead  a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length

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