Definition of Genus pluteus

1. Noun. A large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pluteus

genus Plectrophenax
genus Pleione
genus Pleiospilos
genus Plesianthropus
genus Plesiosaurus
genus Plethodon
genus Pleurobrachia
genus Pleuronectes
genus Pleurosorus
genus Pleurothallis
genus Pleurotus
genus Plicatoperipatus
genus Ploceus
genus Plumbago
genus Plumeria
genus Pluteus
genus Pluvialis
genus Pluvianus
genus Poa
genus Podalyria
genus Podargus
genus Podiceps
genus Podilymbus
genus Podocarpus
genus Podophyllum
genus Poecilocapsus
genus Poecilogale
genus Poephila
genus Pogonia
genus Pogostemon

Literary usage of Genus pluteus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"genus pluteus The members of the genus Pluteus are fleshy fungi with pink spores, and gills free from ..."

2. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"PLUTEUS Fr. In the genus Pluteus the volva and annulus are both wanting, the gills are usually free from the stem, and the stem is easily broken FIGURE 132. ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1899)
"... and the genus Pluteus as found about Cincinnati. From the recently issued report of the Lloyd Museum and Library of Cincinnati, it appears that the ..."

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