scaly lentinus

1. 1.

   a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice

   SynonymsLentinus lepideus

   Broaderfungus

   Part ofLentinus

Questions about scaly lentinus

What does scaly lentinus mean?

scaly lentinus means "a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice".

What is another word for scaly lentinus?

Close synonyms include Lentinus lepideus. 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 scaly lentinus a common word?

scaly lentinus 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.