discomycete vs ascomycete

discomycete and ascomycete both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
discomycete	Yes	No	No	No
ascomycete	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ascomycete is a hypernym of discomycete; that is, ascomycete is a word with a broader meaning than discomycete:

discomycete: any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
ascomycete: any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

Other hypernyms of discomycete include ascomycetous fungus.

discomycete (noun)	ascomycete (noun)
any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes	any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus