The stem is easily separable from the pileus at its junction, in this respect being similar to Amanita, Amanitopsis, Lepiota and others.
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Pileus
//ˈpɪliəs//
Synonyms for "pileus" (6 found)
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50 translations across 25 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- plisi noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πῖλος noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Basque
1 entries- pileo noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гугла noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Catalan
4 entries- pili noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- pili noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
- píleu noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- píleu noun (small cloud)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 菌蓋 /菌盖 noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Czech
2 entries- klobouk noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- pileus noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
French
3 entries- pileus noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- pileus noun (small cloud)
- pileus noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Galician
3 entries- píleo noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- píleo noun (small cloud)
- píleo noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
German
3 entries- Hut noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- Pileus noun (small cloud)
- Pileus noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Greek
2 entries- πίλος noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
- πιλίδιο noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Hungarian
1 entries- kalap noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Icelandic
3 entries- hattur noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- skýjahetta noun (small cloud)
- svepphattur noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Italian
2 entries- pileo noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- pileo noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Japanese
2 entries- 傘 noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- 頭巾雲 noun (small cloud)
Korean
3 entries- 버섯갓 noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- 필레우스 noun (small cloud)
- 필레우스 noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pilosas noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Polish
2 entries- kapelusz noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- pilos noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Portuguese
2 entries- píleo noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- píleo noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Russian
2 entries- пилос noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
- шля́пка noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- klobuk noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Spanish
4 entries- píleo noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- píleo noun (small cloud)
- píleo noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
- sombrerete noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Swedish
1 entries- hatt noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Turkish
1 entries- pilos noun (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece)
Ukrainian
2 entries- шапинка noun (the cap of a mushroom)
- шляпка noun (the cap of a mushroom)
Sample sentences
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One must check the size and shape of the pileus as well as its color. Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom.
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The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, pileus is also the most beautiful.
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Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus.
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