HyperDic: genus_armillaria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Armillaria:
NOUNplantgenus Armillaria, Armillariagenus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice
English > genus Armillaria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot.
SynonymArmillaria
Member ofTricholomataceae, family TricholomataceaeA family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
MembersArmillaria caligata, booted armillariafungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk
shoestring fungusAny of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples
Broaderfungus genusIncludes lichen genera
Spanisharmillaria, genus armillaria
Catalanarmillaria, genus armillaria

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