genus pholiota

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   genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood

   SynonymsPholiota

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofStrophariaceae

Questions about genus pholiota

What does genus pholiota mean?

genus pholiota means "genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood".

What is another word for genus pholiota?

Close synonyms include Pholiota. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus pholiota a common word?

genus pholiota 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.