Tricholoma

noun

agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible

• Syn: ↑genus Tricholoma

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tricholomataceae, ↑family Tricholomataceae

• Member Meronyms:

↑sandy mushroom, ↑Tricholoma populinum, ↑Tricholoma pessundatum, ↑Tricholoma sejunctum, ↑man-on-a-horse, ↑Tricholoma flavovirens, ↑Tricholoma venenata, ↑Tricholoma pardinum, ↑Tricholoma vaccinum, ↑Tricholoma aurantium

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\\ˌtrikəˈlōmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from trich- + Greek lōma hem, fringe — more at lomatine

: a genus of white-spored agarics having a pileus with thin commonly sinuate lamellae and no volva or annulus and including both edible and inedible forms of various colors