PLUTEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pluteus mean? 

• PLUTEUS (noun)
  The noun PLUTEUS has 1 sense:

1. a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer

  Familiarity information: PLUTEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUTEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pluteus; Pluteus; roof mushroom

Hypernyms ("Pluteus" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Pluteus"):

Pluteus aurantiorugosus (an agaric with a brilliant scarlet cap and a slender stalk)

Pluteus magnus; sawdust mushroom (an edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled)

deer mushroom; Pluteus cervinus (a small edible agaric with a slender stalk; usually found on rotting hardwoods)

Holonyms ("Pluteus" is a member of...):

family Pluteaceae; Pluteaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)