HyperDic: scaly_polypore

English > 1 sense of the expression *scaly polypore*:
NOUN	plant	scaly polypore, Polyporus squamosus	a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity

English > *scaly polypore*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonym	Polyporus squamosus
Member of	Polyporus, genus Polyporus	type genus of the Polyporaceae
Broader	polypore, pore fungus, pore mushroom	woody pore fungi