SAWDUST MUSHROOM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled

Synonyms:

Pluteus magnus; sawdust mushroom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("sawdust 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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