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Fungus :: Fungus (n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Pileus :: Pileus (n.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.

Mushroom :: Mushroom (a.) Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup..

Chanterelle :: Chanterelle (n.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous..

Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.

Fungia :: Fungia (n.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Hymenium :: Hymenium (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom..

Mushroom-headed :: Mushroom-headed (a.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.

Stipel :: Stipe (n.) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

Fungin :: Fungin (n.) A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.

Veil :: Veil (n.) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

Basidium :: Basidium (n.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example..

Gill :: Gill (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom..

Catsup :: Catsup (n.) A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc..

Champignon :: Champignon (n.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris).

Flybane :: Flybane (n.) A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric..

Agaric :: Agaric (n.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (a.) Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities..

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