HYGROPHORUS TURUNDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hygrophorus turundus mean? 

• HYGROPHORUS TURUNDUS (noun)
  The noun HYGROPHORUS TURUNDUS has 1 sense:

1. a small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs

  Familiarity information: HYGROPHORUS TURUNDUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYGROPHORUS TURUNDUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small fungus with orange cap and yellow gills found in sphagnum bogs

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hygrophorus turundus" is a kind of...):

waxycap (any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance)

Holonyms ("Hygrophorus turundus" is a member of...):

genus Hygrophorus; Hygrophorus (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae)