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Noun: straw mushroom
  1. Small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially
    - Chinese mushroom, Volvariella volvacea

Derived forms: straw mushrooms

Type of: agaric

Part of: genus Volvariella, Volvariella

Encyclopedia: Straw mushroom