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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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