LEPIOTA PROCERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepiota procera mean? 

• LEPIOTA PROCERA (noun)
  The noun LEPIOTA PROCERA has 1 sense:

1. edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn

  Familiarity information: LEPIOTA PROCERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPIOTA PROCERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lepiota procera; parasol mushroom

Hypernyms ("Lepiota procera" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Lepiota procera" is a member of...):

genus Lepiota (agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms)