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HYGROPHORUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
Synonyms:
genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hygrophorus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Hygrophorus"):
Hygrophorus borealis (a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base)
Hygrophorus caeruleus (a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base)
Hygrophorus inocybiformis (a fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills)
Hygrophorus kauffmanii (a fungus with a slightly viscid cap; cap and gills are reddish brown and the stalk is grey)
Hygrophorus marzuolus (a grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks)
Hygrophorus purpurascens (a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers)
Hygrophorus russula (an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods)
Hygrophorus sordidus (an edible fungus with a large white cap and a dry stalk and white gills)
Hygrophorus tennesseensis (a fungus having a brownish sticky cap with a white margin and white gills and an odor of raw potatoes)
Hygrophorus turundus (a small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs)
Holonyms ("Hygrophorus" is a member of...):
family Hygrophoraceae; Hygrophoraceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance)
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