pileate
/ˈpaɪliɪt/
adjective
- Having a cap or a cap-like structure, especially a mushroom with a cap.
- The biology textbook showed a diagram of a pileate fungus with its stem and gills.
- The pileate mushroom stood out among the flat fungi in the forest.
- Many pileate species are edible, but some are highly poisonous.
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