lepiota

n.

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any fungus of the genus Lepiota.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lepiota - any fungus of the genus Lepiota       agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside genus Lepiota - agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms Lepiota morgani, poisonous parasol - an agaric regarded as poisonous Lepiota naucina - an agaric with greyish white fruiting body and gills that change from pink to dingy red Lepiota rhacodes - an agaric with a large cap with brown scales and a thick stalk American parasol, Lepiota americana - an agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base Lepiota rubrotincta - an agaric with a relatively small pink to red cap and white gills and stalk Lepiota clypeolaria - an agaric with a ragged stalk and a soft floccose cap Lepiota cepaestipes, onion stem - a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base