STROBILOMYCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Strobilomyces mean? 

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

1. fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STROBILOMYCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Strobilomyces; Strobilomyces

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Strobilomyces"):

old-man-of-the-woods; Strobilomyces floccopus (edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America)

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

Boletaceae; family Boletaceae (family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other)