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Definition of Genus tricholoma
1. Noun. Agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Tricholomataceae, Tricholomataceae
Member holonyms: Sandy Mushroom, Tricholoma Populinum, Tricholoma Pessundatum, Tricholoma Sejunctum, Man-on-a-horse, Tricholoma Flavovirens, Tricholoma Venenata, Tricholoma Pardinum, Tricholoma Vaccinum, Tricholoma Aurantium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tricholoma
Literary usage of Genus tricholoma
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 tricholoma The members of genus Tricholoma have white spores, and no
collar on the stem. The gills are attached to the stem, and are notched on ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"ONE of the most peculiar species of the genus Tricholoma is the Masked Tricholoma.
It is so characteristic, that ouce its haunts are invaded, ..."
3. Bibliographical Index of North American Fungi by William Gilson Farlow (1905)
"Under the genus Tricholoma it is referred to but again without description.
Curtis. MA, Bot. N. Car. 84. 1867. Cke. & B. Fungi 89. 1875. ..."
4. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1893)
"... ochraceous pileus, and more especially the thick gills, which are very unusual
in the present genus. Tricholoma tumidum. Pers. Pileus about 3 in. across ..."