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Definition of Agaricales
1. Noun. Typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Order
Member holonyms: Clavariaceae, Family Clavariaceae, Family Hydnaceae, Hydnaceae, Agaric, Agaricaceae, Family Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Family Coprinaceae, Family Russulaceae, Russulaceae, Family Strophariaceae, Strophariaceae, Entolomataceae, Family Entolomataceae, Family Lepiotaceae, Lepiotaceae, Family Thelephoraceae, Thelephoraceae, Family Tricholomataceae, Tricholomataceae, Family Volvariaceae, Volvariaceae, Family Pluteaceae, Pluteaceae, Boletaceae, Family Boletaceae, Family Hygrophoraceae, Hygrophoraceae, Cortinariaceae, Family Cortinariaceae
Group relationships: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Subdivision Basidiomycota, Subdivision Basidiomycotina
Medical Definition of Agaricales
1. An extensive order of basidiomycetous fungi that includes the gilled mushrooms and a number of related forms. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agaricales
Literary usage of Agaricales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"(i) agaricales This is by far the greatest group of fleshy fungi, containing most
of the so-called mushrooms and toadstools. The complex sporophore is FIG. ..."
2. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"production is characteristic of nearly all of the agaricales and it is ...
Pore forms of the agaricales: A, Boletus, showing fleshy pore- bearing layer, p. ..."
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