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GENUS GASTROCYBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae
Synonyms:
Gastrocybe; genus Gastrocybe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Gastrocybe" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gastrocybe"):
Gastrocybe lateritia (a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses)
Holonyms ("genus Gastrocybe" 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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