genus lepiota

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   agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofLepiotaceae

Questions about genus lepiota

What does genus lepiota mean?

genus lepiota means "agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms".

Is genus lepiota a common word?

genus lepiota 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.