Definition of Collybia
:a genus of white-spored agarics (family Agaricaceae) lacking both volva and ring, having the thin fleshy cap incurved when young, and including some forms that are on tree roots
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Collybia
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Col·lyb·ia
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kəˈlibēə
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Origin and Etymology of collybia
New Latin, from Greek kollybos small coin + New Latin -ia
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