WINTER MUSHROOM

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Meaning:

An edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters

Synonyms:

Flammulina velutipes; winter mushroom

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Flammulina; genus Flammulina (a genus of agarics)

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