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INKY-CAP MUSHROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured
Synonyms:
Coprinus atramentarius; inky-cap mushroom; inky cap
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inky-cap mushroom" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("inky-cap mushroom" is a member of...):
Coprinus; genus Coprinus (genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae)