polyporus : Idioms & Phrases
genus polyporus
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noun type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers
Polyporus.
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polyporus frondosus
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noun large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
hen-of-the-woods; hen of the woods; Grifola frondosa.
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polyporus squamosus
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noun a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
scaly polypore.
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polyporus tenuiculus
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noun a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods
