OMPHALOTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Omphalotus mean? 

• OMPHALOTUS (noun)
  The noun OMPHALOTUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap

  Familiarity information: OMPHALOTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OMPHALOTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus

Hypernyms ("Omphalotus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Omphalotus"):

jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern; jack-o-lantern fungus; Omphalotus illudens (a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent)

Holonyms ("Omphalotus" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

A semisynthetic sesquiterpene derivative of illudin S, a natural toxin isolated from the fungus Omphalotus illudens.

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