noun
typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
• Syn: ↑order Agaricales
• Hypernyms: ↑fungus order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina
• Member Meronyms:
↑Clavariaceae, ↑family Clavariaceae, ↑Hydnaceae, ↑family Hydnaceae, ↑agaric, ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae, ↑Coprinaceae, ↑family Coprinaceae, ↑Russulaceae, ↑family Russulaceae, ↑Strophariaceae, ↑family Strophariaceae, ↑Entolomataceae, ↑family Entolomataceae, ↑Lepiotaceae, ↑family Lepiotaceae, ↑Thelephoraceae, ↑family Thelephoraceae, ↑Tricholomataceae, ↑family Tricholomataceae, ↑Volvariaceae, ↑family Volvariaceae, ↑Pluteaceae, ↑family Pluteaceae, ↑Boletaceae, ↑family Boletaceae, ↑Hygrophoraceae, ↑family Hygrophoraceae, ↑Cortinariaceae, ↑family Cortinariaceae
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\\əˌgarəˈkā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an extensive order of basidiomycetous fungi that includes the typical gilled mushrooms and a number of related forms all having the basidia produced in a distinct hymenial fruiting layer usually spread over the surface of a definite but transitory fruiting body which may be flat or be supinate, simply or compoundly club-shaped, or with the surface increased by pores, gills, or spines
Useful english dictionary. 2012.