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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of discomycetous fungi, of the family Pyronemaceæ, having the ascomata sessile and fleshy, with a very slight peridium. The spores are simple and colorless. About 20 species are known. P. omphalodes is widely distributed in Europe and America, growing on ground where fire has been.
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