family agaricaceae

Noun
  1. Large family including many familiar mushrooms (synset 113021132)
    is a type of: fungus family - includes lichen families
    member holonym:
    • agaricus, genus agaricus - type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species
    • amanita, genus amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions
    • cantharellus, genus cantharellus - a well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles
    • coprinus, genus coprinus - genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae
    • genus lactarius, lactarius - large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species
    • genus marasmius, marasmius - chiefly small mushrooms with white spores
    • genus pleurotus, pleurotus - agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan
    • genus russula, russula - large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice
    belongs to: agaricales, order agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
    same as: agaricaceae

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