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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See
satyr , 2.
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Examples
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Of particular significance is the tall open forest with Eucalyptus oreades and associated montane heath shrublands.
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_Amanita rubescens_, _Hydnum repandum_, and _Marasmius oreades_ which we gathered in the meadow before we entered the wood.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton
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The species called the Fairy mushroom, Marasmius oreades, is the most familiar of all those that grow in rings.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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His forefinger underlined the words: "Maraimius oreades; a mushroom commonly found on lawns in summer and early autumn ..."
The Machineries of Joy Bradbury, Ray, 1920- 1949
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Aphids, water bugs, woodworms, and now the Marasmius oreades.
The Machineries of Joy Bradbury, Ray, 1920- 1949
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Besides the fairy ring (_M. oreades_) which grows on the ground,
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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In the first type both the ring and volva are absent, as in the common fairy ring mushroom, _Marasmius oreades_; in the genus _Lactarius_, _Russula_, _Tricholoma_, _Clitocybe_, and others.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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-- Several low forms of plant life, such as _Marasmius oreades_, _Spathularia flavida_, and some of the puffballs, start in isolated spots in the grass of a lawn or pasture, and spread each year from a few inches to a foot or more in every direction, usually in the form of a circle; at the end of fifteen years some of these circles acquire a diameter of fifteen to twenty feet or more.
Seed Dispersal 1878
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Image: Fairy-Ring Mushroom, Scotch Bonnets - Marasmius oreades
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"Something's going ant Mrs. Goodbody is rooting out and killing Marasmius oreades.
The Machineries of Joy Bradbury, Ray, 1920- 1949
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