HONEY MUSHROOM

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("honey mushroom" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("honey mushroom" 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)

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