Marasmius oreades

Marasmius oreades
    n 1: mushroom that grows in a fairy ring [syn: {fairy-ring
         mushroom}, {Marasmius oreades}]
    

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}.
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Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L.
   campus field. See {Camp}.] (Bot.)
   An edible species of mushroom ({Agaricus campestris}).
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   {Fairy ring champignon}, the {Marasmius oreades}, which has a
      strong flavor but is edible.
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Fairy \Fair"y\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to fairies.
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   2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden.
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   {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.
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