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OYSTER FUNGUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
Synonyms:
oyster agaric; oyster fungus; oyster mushroom; Pleurotus ostreatus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oyster fungus" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("oyster fungus" is a member of...):
genus Pleurotus; Pleurotus (agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan)
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