GENUS HYGROPHORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hygrophorus mean? 

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

1. a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HYGROPHORUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hygrophorus"):

Hygrophorus borealis (a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base)

Hygrophorus caeruleus (a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base)

Hygrophorus inocybiformis (a fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills)

Hygrophorus kauffmanii (a fungus with a slightly viscid cap; cap and gills are reddish brown and the stalk is grey)

Hygrophorus marzuolus (a grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks)

Hygrophorus purpurascens (a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers)

Hygrophorus russula (an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods)

Hygrophorus sordidus (an edible fungus with a large white cap and a dry stalk and white gills)

Hygrophorus tennesseensis (a fungus having a brownish sticky cap with a white margin and white gills and an odor of raw potatoes)

Hygrophorus turundus (a small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs)

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

family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance)