genus pleurotus

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   agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan

   SynonymsPleurotus

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofAgaricaceae

Questions about genus pleurotus

What does genus pleurotus mean?

genus pleurotus means "agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan".

What is another word for genus pleurotus?

Close synonyms include Pleurotus. 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 pleurotus a common word?

genus pleurotus 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.