GYMNOPILUS SPECTABILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnopilus spectabilis mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNOPILUS SPECTABILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Gymnopilus; Gymnopilus (a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit)