HyperDic: sponge_mushroom

English > 1 sense of the expression *sponge mushroom*:
NOUN	plant	sponge mushroom, common morel, Morchella esculenta, sponge morel	an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges

English > *sponge mushroom*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	An edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges.
Synonyms	common morel, Morchella esculenta, sponge morel
Member of	Morchella, genus Morchella	genus of edible fungi
Broader	morel	Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap