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Pileus

noun

(pl. pilei)

A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom. Synonym: cap.

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"Pileus" Quotes from Famous Books

... species occasionally sold in Covent-Garden Market, London. When mature, it has a soft, convex, moist, smooth pileus, with a solid, somewhat bulbous stem, tinted with lilac. The gills are dirty-white, and ...

— The Field and Garden Vegetables of America • Fearing Burr

... kill him! I was fond of him—I was even going to give him gold and have put upon him the pileus of a freedman, for he hath served me well. He had belonged to Constantia, my wife. Perhaps it was I who was mad to-night. Sometimes I have thought—I must ask Claudius if there is prospect of that—" He broke off. "Pardon! I forgot, and thought aloud. To-morrow I shall be myself, but to-night I ...

— Nicanor - Teller of Tales - A Story of Roman Britain • C. Bryson Taylor

Words linked to "Pileus" : cap, plant part, plant structure, fungus