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GYMNOPILUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit
Synonyms:
genus Gymnopilus; Gymnopilus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gymnopilus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Gymnopilus"):
Gymnopilus spectabilis (a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin)
Gymnopilus validipes (a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk)
Gymnopilus ventricosus (a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk)
Holonyms ("Gymnopilus" is a member of...):
Cortinariaceae; family Cortinariaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)
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