GYMNOPILUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnopilus mean? 

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

1. a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOPILUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gymnopilus; Gymnopilus

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

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnopilus"):

Gymnopilus spectabilis (a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin)

Gymnopilus validipes (a poisonous fungus with a dry cap and a cortina that does not leave much of a ring on the robust stalk)

Gymnopilus ventricosus (a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk)

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

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