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The shape of the cap resembles a roof
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pluteus
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pluteus is a large genus of fungi with over 300 species. They are wood rotting saprobes with pink spore prints and gills that are free from the stem . Pluteus means shed or penthouse .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pluteus \Plu"te*us\, n.; pl. L. Plutei , E. Pluteuses . [L., a shed.] (Zo["o]l.) The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context architecture English) A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church 2 (context zoology English) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
Usage examples of pluteus.
They, moreover, built over the joists with small bricks as high as the protection of the plutei and vineae permitted them.