| NOUN | plant | straw mushroom, Chinese mushroom, Volvariella volvacea | small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem |
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| Meaning | small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially. | |
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| Synonyms | Chinese mushroom, Volvariella volvacea | |
| Member of | Volvariella, genus Volvariella | An important genus of mushrooms in the Orient |
| Broader | agaric | A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside |
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