| NOUN | plant | Polyporus, genus Polyporus | type genus of the Polyporaceae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers. | |
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| Synonym | genus Polyporus | |
| Member of | Polyporaceae, family Polyporaceae | fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees |
| Members | 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 | |
| hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa | large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees | |
| Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |
| Spanish | genus polyporus, polyporus | |
| Catalan | genus polyporus, polyporus | |
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