hygrophorus borealis

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   a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base

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Questions about hygrophorus borealis

What does hygrophorus borealis mean?

hygrophorus borealis means "a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base".

Is hygrophorus borealis a common word?

hygrophorus borealis 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.