Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of agaricaceous fungi having a tough, leathery pileus and decurreut gills. The species occur on decaying wood. L. lepideus is a common species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The most important genus of mushrooms in the Far East.
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- noun a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae
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Auélor lentinus nobilifTimus, totum fe bonis Uttd) cavit atque nonnullis academiis ab epill Oiuit a. 1686.
Bibliotheca historica. A.I.G. Meuselio ita digesta ut pæne novum opus videri possit 1793
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