polypore (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *polypore*:
NOUN	plant	polypore, pore fungus, pore mushroom	woody pore fungi

English > *polypore*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	pore fungus, pore mushroom
Narrower	Albatrellus dispansus	A rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor
	Albatrellus ovinus, sheep polypore	A fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk
	Neolentinus ponderosus	A gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk
	Nigroporus vinosus	A woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores
	Oligoporus leucospongia	A pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests / forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada
	Polyporus squamosus, scaly polypore	A fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity
	Polyporus tenuiculus	A fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores
	beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica	A popular edible fungus with a cap the color / color of liver or raw meat
	bracket fungus, shelf fungus	A woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures
Broader	basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi	Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

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