HyperDic: white_matsutake

English > 1 sense of the expression *white matsutake*:
NOUN	plant	white matsutake, Armillaria ponderosa	a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages

English > *white matsutake*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest.
Synonym	Armillaria ponderosa
Broader	agaric	A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside