SHAGGYMANE MUSHROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shaggymane mushroom mean? 

• SHAGGYMANE MUSHROOM (noun)
  The noun SHAGGYMANE MUSHROOM has 1 sense:

1. common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores

  Familiarity information: SHAGGYMANE MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAGGYMANE MUSHROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coprinus comatus; shaggy cap; shaggymane; shaggymane mushroom

Hypernyms ("shaggymane mushroom" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("shaggymane mushroom" is a member of...):

Coprinus; genus Coprinus (genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae)