pileus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pileus
    n 1: a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that
         forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
         [syn: {cap}, {pileus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pileus \Pi"le*us\, n.; pl. {Pilei}. [L., a felt cap.]
   1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt.
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   2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi.
      See {Mushroom}.
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   3. (Zool.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to
      the nape.
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