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Calostoma lutescens

Calostoma lutescens

9.9
A fungus with a leathery stalk and a round body that has pale yellow spores
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Calostoma lutescens
  • Unlike some other fungi, Calostoma lutescens grows a leathery stalk supporting its globose fruiting body.

Examples

  • The distinctive pale yellow spore case helps mycologists identify Calostoma lutescens among similar fungi.

  • Researchers discovered a rare specimen of Calostoma lutescens in the damp forest undergrowth.

  • The Calostoma lutescens is often found in damp forest areas.

  • Have you ever seen a Calostoma lutescens in the wild?

  • Researchers discovered a rare specimen of Calostoma lutescens in the damp forest undergrowth.

  • The distinctive pale yellow spore case helps mycologists identify Calostoma lutescens among similar fungi.

  • Unlike some other fungi, Calostoma lutescens grows a leathery stalk supporting its globose fruiting body.

Surface Forms

Calostoma lutescens singular
Calostoma lutescenses plural

Morphology

Calostoma + lutescens

This is a Latin binomial species name consisting of non-English lexical items that are not in learners' dictionaries; the parts do not transparently signal the meaning 'a species of fungus'. Even though 'lutescens' has a Latin root meaning 'yellowish' and taxonomic endings follow conventions, an average B1 learner who only 'knows the constituent words' (which they likely would not) still could not infer the biological sense from the parts, so the expression is not compositional for learners.

Etymology

Calostoma lutescens comes from old words: Calostoma means 'beautiful mouth' and lutescens means 'yellowish'. The fungus has a round, pale yellow spore case on a leathery stalk that looks like a tiny mouth, so the name describes this species.