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STROPHARIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae

Synonyms:

genus Stropharia; ring-stalked fungus; Stropharia

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Nouns denoting plants

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Stropharia"):

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

family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae (sometimes included in family Agaricaceae)

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