SHOESTRING FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoestring fungus mean? 

• SHOESTRING FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun SHOESTRING FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples

  Familiarity information: SHOESTRING FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOESTRING FUNGUS (noun)

Meaning:

Any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("shoestring fungus" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("shoestring fungus" is a member of...):

Armillaria; genus Armillaria (genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot)