gastrocybe lateritia

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   a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses

   Broaderfungus

   Part ofGastrocybe

Questions about gastrocybe lateritia

What does gastrocybe lateritia mean?

gastrocybe lateritia means "a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses".

Is gastrocybe lateritia a common word?

gastrocybe lateritia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.