Definition of Fistulina hepatica

1. Noun. A popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Beefsteak Fungus
Generic synonyms: Polypore, Pore Fungus, Pore Mushroom
Group relationships: Fistulina, Genus Fistulina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fistulina Hepatica

Fischer's symptom
Fischer-Tropsch process
Fischer indole synthesis
Fischer projection formula
Fishbed
Fishberg concentration test
Fisher
Fisher's syndrome
Fishman-Lerner unit
Fisk
Fissipedia
Fissurella apertura
Fissurellidae
Fistulariidae
Fistulina
Fistulina hepatica (current term)
Fistulinaceae
Fitchew
Fitchie
Fitz
Fitz-
Fitz-Hugh and Curtis syndrome
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald factor
Fitzhenry
Fitzhugh
Fitzwilliam
Five Alls
Five Nations
Fjölsvinnsmál

Literary usage of Fistulina hepatica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1827)
"FISTULINA hepatica, With. Bot.Arr. v.4. p. 371.—Sibth. Fl. Oxon. No. 1071. —Relh. Fl. Cant. p. 544.—Winch, Bot. Guide, 2. p. 93.—Fries, Syst. Myc. v. ..."

2. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and edited by [Anonymus AC02893924] (1863)
"... family beef-steak, we sincerely hope they will be successful in finding the extempore one, Fistulina, hepatica, which our author has carefully figured, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club by Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club (Bath, England) (1873)
"Fistulina hepatica, Fr. On oaks. This curious fungus grows to a great size at times. Dr. Badham mentions one measuring nearly 5 ft. round and weighing more ..."

4. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1901)
"Cap woody Genus STROBILOMYCES GENUS FISTULINA The genus Fistulina contains one notable species, Fistulina hepatica, so called from its resemblance to a ..."

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