Pholiota

noun

genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood

• Syn: ↑genus Pholiota

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Strophariaceae, ↑family Strophariaceae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Pholiota astragalina, ↑Pholiota aurea, ↑golden pholiota, ↑Pholiota destruens, ↑Pholiota flammans, ↑Pholiota flavida, ↑nameko, ↑viscid mushroom, ↑Pholiota nameko, ↑Pholiota squarrosa-adiposa, ↑Pholiota squarrosa, ↑scaly pholiota, ↑Pholiota squarrosoides

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\\ˌfälēˈōd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pholis scale of a reptile + ōt-, ous ear — more at ear

: a genus of brown-spored agarics of Europe and No. America having an annulus and growing on open ground or decaying wood