A fruit structure shaped like a disc or with a disc-like component, particularly in certain fungi and lichens.
From disco- (disc) + -carp (from Greek karpos, 'fruit'). This botanical term names a fruit based on its distinctive flat or disc-shaped form.
Some lichens and fungi produce spore-bearing structures that look like tiny flat discs—the term discocarp perfectly captures how scientists name things based on what they look like under magnification.
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