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ARMILLARIELLA MELLEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
Synonyms:
Armillariella mellea; honey fungus; honey mushroom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Armillariella mellea" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("Armillariella mellea" is a member of...):
Armillariella; genus Armillariella (a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it)