'Marasmius Oreades' definitions:
Definition of 'Marasmius oreades'
(from WordNet)
noun
Mushroom that grows in a fairy ring [syn: fairy-ring mushroom, Marasmius oreades]
Definition of 'Marasmius Oreades'
From: GCIDE
- Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Fairy bird (Zool.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern.
- Fairy bluebird. (Zool.) See under Bluebird.
- Fairy martin (Zool.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs.
- Fairy rings or Fairy circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances; also, the mushrooms themselves. Such circles may have diameters larger than three meters.
- Fairy shrimp (Zool.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species.
- Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Marasmius oreades'
From: GCIDE
- Marasmius \Marasmius\ prop. n. A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the Marasmius oreades, the mushroon that grow in a {fairy ring}.
- Syn: genus Marasmius. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Marasmius oreades'
From: GCIDE
- Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L. campus field. See Camp.] (Bot.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). [1913 Webster]
- Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible. [1913 Webster]