POLYPORES Synonyms

• fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses

• a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

• common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

• mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

• any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

• a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

• fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

• pick or gather mushrooms

• grow and spread fast

• common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

• a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures

• woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent

• woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent

• a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures