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GASTROBOLETUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae; they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium
Synonyms:
Gastroboletus; genus Gastroboletus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gastroboletus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Gastroboletus"):
Gastroboletus scabrosus (a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete)
Gastroboletus turbinatus (a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete)
Holonyms ("Gastroboletus" is a member of...):
family Secotiaceae; Secotiaceae (a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi)
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