- inky-cap mushroom
- nounhaving a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured• Syn: ↑inky cap, ↑Coprinus atramentarius• Hypernyms: ↑agaric• Member Holonyms: ↑Coprinus, ↑genus Coprinus
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inky-cap mushroom
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inky cap — noun having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured • Syn: ↑inky cap mushroom, ↑Coprinus atramentarius • Hypernyms: ↑agaric • Member Holonyms: ↑Coprinus, ↑genus Coprinus … Useful english dictionary
inky cap — any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, esp. C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature. [1920 25] * * * ▪ mushroom genus any member of a group of about 350 cosmopolitan mushroom… … Universalium
inky cap — noun Date: 1923 a mushroom (genus Coprinus, especially C. atramentarius) whose pileus deliquesces into an inky fluid after the spores have matured called also ink cap … New Collegiate Dictionary
inky cap — ink′y cap n. fng any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, esp. C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
mushroom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. boom, increase, expand, swell, puff up, snowball (inf.). See expansion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. toadstool, fungus, champignon (French), truffle. Edible mushrooms include: morel, chanterelle,… … English dictionary for students
ink cap — inky cap any mushroom of the genus Coprinus … Medical dictionary
ink mushroom — noun : inky cap … Useful english dictionary
Coprinus — noun genus of black spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae • Syn: ↑genus Coprinus • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Coprinus — noun genus of black spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae • Syn: ↑Coprinus • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae … Useful english dictionary
shaggymane — ☆ shaggymane [shag′ēmān΄ ] n. an edible inky cap mushroom (Coprinus comatus) with yellowish scales: also called shaggy cap * * * shag·gy·mane also shag·gy mane (shăgʹē mān ) n. An edible inky cap mushroom (Coprinus comatus) having shaggy scales… … Universalium
