GENUS STROBILOMYCES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap

Synonyms:

genus Strobilomyces; Strobilomyces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Strobilomyces" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "genus Strobilomyces"):

old-man-of-the-woods; Strobilomyces floccopus (edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America)

Holonyms ("genus Strobilomyces" is a member of...):

Boletaceae; family Boletaceae (family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other)