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COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coprinus atramentarius mean? 

COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS (noun)
  The noun COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS has 1 sense:

1. having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have maturedplay

  Familiarity information: COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coprinus atramentarius; inky-cap mushroom; inky cap

Hypernyms ("Coprinus atramentarius" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("Coprinus atramentarius" is a member of...):

Coprinus; genus Coprinus (genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae)


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