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SAWDUST MUSHROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled
Synonyms:
Pluteus magnus; sawdust mushroom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sawdust mushroom" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("sawdust mushroom" is a member of...):
genus Pluteus; Pluteus; roof mushroom (a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer)
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