JACK-O-LANTERN FUNGUS

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Meaning:

A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("jack-o-lantern fungus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("jack-o-lantern fungus" is a member of...):

genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus (a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap)