DEER MUSHROOM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods

Synonyms:

deer mushroom; Pluteus cervinus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("deer mushroom" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("deer mushroom" is a member of...):

genus Pluteus; Pluteus; roof mushroom (a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer)

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