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RING-STALKED FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ring-stalked fungus mean? 

RING-STALKED FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun RING-STALKED FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceaeplay

  Familiarity information: RING-STALKED FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RING-STALKED FUNGUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Stropharia; ring-stalked fungus; Stropharia

Hypernyms ("ring-stalked fungus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "ring-stalked fungus"):

Stropharia ambigua (a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang; gills are initially white but become dark brown as spores are released)

Stropharia hornemannii (a gilled fungus with a large slimy purple or olive cap; gills become purple with age; the stalk is long and richly decorated with pieces of the white sheath that extends up to a ring)

Stropharia rugoso-annulata (a large gilled fungus with a broad cap and a long stalk; the cap is dark brown; the white gills turn dark purplish brown with age; edible and choice)

Holonyms ("ring-stalked fungus" is a member of...):

family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae (sometimes included in family Agaricaceae)


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