Home › Words › G › gomphidiusgomphidiusgomphidius means any of the genus Gomphidius of mushrooms.EtymologyBorrowed from taxonomic name Gomphidius, from Ancient Greek γομφος (gomphos, “plug”) + translingual -ius (“Latinizing suffix”).nounAny of the genus Gomphidius of mushrooms.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).