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Strobilomyces

noun

fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap

• Syn: ↑genus Strobilomyces

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Boletaceae, ↑family Boletaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑old-man-of-the-woods, ↑Strobilomyces floccopus

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\\ˌsträbəlōˈmīˌsēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek strobilos whirling or twisted object + New Latin -myces

: a genus of fungi (family Boletaceae) similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap and the tubes not easily separating from the pileus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.