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GENUS CANTHARELLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cantharellus mean?
• GENUS CANTHARELLUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CANTHARELLUS has 1 sense:
1. a well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles
Familiarity information: GENUS CANTHARELLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cantharellus; genus Cantharellus
Hypernyms ("genus Cantharellus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cantharellus"):
Cantharellus cibarius; chantarelle; chanterelle (widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma)
Cantharellus floccosus; floccose chanterelle (a mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet)
Cantharellus clavatus; pig's ears (an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound)
Cantharellus cinnabarinus; cinnabar chanterelle (mushroom with a distinctive pink to vermillion fruiting body)
Holonyms ("genus Cantharellus" is a member of...):
Agaricaceae; family Agaricaceae (large family including many familiar mushrooms)
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