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    GENUS STROPHARIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Stropharia; ring-stalked fungus; Stropharia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Stropharia" is a kind of...):

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Stropharia"):

    Stropharia ambigua (a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang; gills are initially white but become dark brown as spores are released)

    Stropharia hornemannii (a gilled fungus with a large slimy purple or olive cap; gills become purple with age; the stalk is long and richly decorated with pieces of the white sheath that extends up to a ring)

    Stropharia rugoso-annulata (a large gilled fungus with a broad cap and a long stalk; the cap is dark brown; the white gills turn dark purplish brown with age; edible and choice)

    Holonyms ("genus Stropharia" is a member of...):

    family Strophariaceae; Strophariaceae (sometimes included in family Agaricaceae)

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