Tricholoma

noun

Trich·​o·​lo·​ma

ˌtrikəˈlōmə

: a genus of white-spored agarics having a pileus with thin commonly sinuate lamellae and no volva or annulus and including both edible and inedible forms of various colors

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from trich- + Greek lōma hem, fringe

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