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Pluteus cervinus

Pluteus cervinus

9.9
A small edible mushroom with a thin stem that grows on rotting wood also called the deer mushroom
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Pluteus cervinus
  • She photographed a cluster of Pluteus cervinus on a decaying log in the woods.

Examples

  • The Pluteus cervinus grows abundantly in damp forests during the autumn months.

  • Foragers value the Pluteus cervinus for its agreeable taste and edibility.

  • I found a Pluteus cervinus in the forest last week.

  • Have you ever tasted Pluteus cervinus?

  • Foragers value the Pluteus cervinus for its agreeable taste and edibility.

  • The Pluteus cervinus grows abundantly in damp forests during the autumn months.

  • She photographed a cluster of Pluteus cervinus on a decaying log in the woods.

Synonyms

deer mushroom
vsPluteus cervinus
7.9

A small edible mushroom with a thin stalk that grows on rotting wood

is the scientific Latin name used in formal identification

Surface Forms

Pluteus cervinus singular
Pluteus cervini plural

Morphology

Pluteus + cervinus

This is a Latin binomial (taxonomic) name: 'Pluteus' is a genus of fungi and 'cervinus' is a Latin adjective meaning ‘deer-like’, but both elements are specialist/Latin forms rather than everyday English words. A B1 learner who knows common English vocabulary would not reliably infer ‘deer mushroom’ from these constituents without knowledge of botanical Latin or the genus name, so the meaning is not transparently derivable.

Etymology

Pluteus cervinus comes from Latin words pluteus and cervinus. One popular story says pluteus refers to the mushroom's flat, plate-like cap and cervinus means 'deer-like' because its soft brown color looks like a deer's coat, so it is called the 'deer mushroom' today.