ring-stalked_fungus (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *ring-stalked fungus*:
NOUN	plant	ring-stalked fungus, Stropharia, genus Stropharia	genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus

English > *ring-stalked fungus*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae.
Synonyms	Stropharia, genus Stropharia
Member of	Strophariaceae, family Strophariaceae	sometimes included in family Agaricaceae
Members	Stropharia ambigua	A gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang
	Stropharia hornemannii	A gilled fungus with a large slimy purple or olive cap
	Stropharia rugoso-annulata	A large gilled fungus with a broad cap and a long stalk
Broader	fungus genus	Includes lichen genera
Spanish	genus stropharia, stropharia
Catalan	genus stropharia, stropharia

HyperDic: ring-stalked_fungus