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    GASTROCYBE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Gastrocybe; genus Gastrocybe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Gastrocybe" is a kind of...):

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "Gastrocybe"):

    Gastrocybe lateritia (a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses)

    Holonyms ("Gastrocybe" is a member of...):

    family Secotiaceae; Secotiaceae (a family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi)

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