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HYGROPHORUS PURPURASCENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hygrophorus purpurascens" is a kind of...):
waxycap (any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance)
Holonyms ("Hygrophorus purpurascens" is a member of...):
genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae)