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GENUS GYROMITRA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Gyromitra" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gyromitra"):
California false morel; Gyromitra californica (a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California)
Gyromitra sphaerospora; round-spored gyromitra (a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains)
beefsteak morel; brain mushroom; Gyromitra esculenta (a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown)
Gyromitra infula; saddled-shaped false morel (a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even)
Gyromitra brunnea; Gyromitra fastigiata (a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk)
Gyromitra gigas (a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled; has early fruiting time)
Holonyms ("genus Gyromitra" is a member of...):
family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae (family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous)
