STROPHARIA AMBIGUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stropharia ambigua mean? 

• STROPHARIA AMBIGUA (noun)
  The noun STROPHARIA AMBIGUA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: STROPHARIA AMBIGUA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STROPHARIA AMBIGUA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Stropharia ambigua" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Stropharia ambigua" is a member of...):

genus Stropharia; ring-stalked fungus; Stropharia (genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae)