NOUN | plant | Stropharia ambigua | a gilled fungus with a long stalk and a yellow slimy cap from which fragments of the broken veil hang |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Member of | Stropharia, genus Stropharia, ring-stalked fungus | genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus |
Broader | agaric | A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside |
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