A boletus; a fungus of the genus Boletus. Cf. bolete, n.

A large genus of fungi, having the under surface of the pileus full of pores, instead of gills as in Agaricus.

A name formerly given to filamentous fungoid growths of different kinds, which are now more accurately classified. Obsolete.

(a) the fly-agaric, Amanita muscaria; (b) the house-fly fungus, Entomophthora muscæ.

? the Bishop's Mitre mushroom, Helvella Mitra.

A fungus of the group Stilbeæ or Stilbaceæ.

Biology. (In form Empusa) a genus of fungi which grow within the bodies of flies and other insects, causing deformity and death; (also empusa) a…

The fairy-ring mushroom, Marasmius oreades (formerly called Agaricus pratensis). Also in plural.

The fungus Lycogala.

(see quot.).

attributive. Designating fungi growing in or causing a fairy ring, as fairy ring fungus, fairy ring toadstool, etc.

= Maltese fungus n. at Maltese, n. adj.compounds.

transferred. Applied to various fungoid growths; a scum formed on wine, vinegar, etc. in fermentation. flowers of tan: a fungus (Fuligo) growing on…

A plant root growing in close association with a fungus; a fungus growing on or in a plant root; the (usually symbiotic) relationship between such…

(See quot. 1887.)

= milk cap n. at milk, n.1 adj.compounds 3b.

the yellow club fungus Clavulinopsis corniculata (said to grow among mosses).

A fungus belonging to the class Oomycetes of mainly aquatic saprobic and parasitic fungi, characterized by having a zoospore with two flagella.

a polypore (bracket fungus), Piptoporus betulinus (family Fomitopsidaceae), that grows on decaying birch trees and was formerly used for stropping…

a fungus belonging to the family Clavariaceæ.

a toadstool, Hypholoma fasciculare, with a yellow cap tinged with brown.

Any fungus of the genus Boletus, family Boletaceae, or order Boletales, comprising basidiomycetes with fruiting bodies (mushrooms and toadstools)…

Either of two woodland fungi, Strobilomyces floccopus and S. confusus (family Boletaceae), with grey, shaggy caps.