volvariella

English Thesaurus

1. an important genus of mushrooms in the Orient (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	chinese mushroom, straw mushroom, volvariella volvacea,
definition	:	small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	volvariella bombycina,
definition	:	a mushroom with a dry yellowish to white fibrillose cap (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family pluteaceae, pluteaceae,
definition	:	a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales (noun.plant)