Helotiales

plural noun

He·​lo·​ti·​a·​les

hə̇ˌlōshēˈā(ˌ)lēz,

-ōtē-

: an order of fungi (subclass Euascomycetes) that are characterized by inoperculate asci borne in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped sessile or stalked apothecium which may be brilliantly colored or dark and dull and that include numerous saprophytes and a few parasites of economically important plants compare pezizales

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Helotium + -ales

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