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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 Strophariaceae
Familiarity information: RING-STALKED FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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