hygiene
- n a condition promoting sanitary practices
personal hygiene - n the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
hygienics
- n the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health
hygrocybe acutoconica
- n a fungus having an acutely conic cap and dry stalks
hygrometer
- n measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere
hygrophoraceae
- n a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance
hygrophorus
- n a genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae
hygrophorus borealis
- n a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base
hygrophorus caeruleus
- n a fungus with a broadly convex cap that is cream color with a tint of blue over the margin; waxy gills are bluish green to blue-grey; a short stalk tapers abruptly at the base
hygrophorus inocybiformis
- n a fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills
hygrophorus kauffmanii
- n a fungus with a slightly viscid cap; cap and gills are reddish brown and the stalk is grey
hygrophorus marzuolus
- n a grey fungus frequently found near melting snow banks
hygrophorus purpurascens
- n a fungus with a viscid purplish red cap and stalk; found under spruce and other conifers
hygrophorus russula
- n an edible fungus with a reddish cap and close pale gills and dry stalk; found under hardwoods