GENUS ENTOLOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Entoloma mean? 

• GENUS ENTOLOMA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ENTOLOMA has 1 sense:

1. agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous)

  Familiarity information: GENUS ENTOLOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ENTOLOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Entoloma; genus Entoloma

Hypernyms ("genus Entoloma" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Entoloma"):

Entoloma lividum; Entoloma sinuatum (a deadly poisonous agaric; a large cap that is first white (livid or lead-colored) and then turns yellowish or tan)

Entoloma aprile (an agaric with a dark brown conical cap; fruits in early spring)

Holonyms ("genus Entoloma" is a member of...):

Entolomataceae; family Entolomataceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)