Definition of Pore mushroom

1. Noun. Woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pore Mushroom

porciform
porcine
porcini
porcinis
porcino
porcupine
porcupine ball
porcupine fish
porcupine provision
porcupine puffer
porcupine puffers
porcupinefish
porcupines
pore
pore fungus
pore mushroom (current term)
pore over
pore space
pore spaces
poreblind
pored
porer
porers
pores
porewater
porewaters
porfimer sodium
porge
porged
porges

Literary usage of Pore mushroom

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

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"This mushroom has never been found growing in woods or shady places, but always in open pastures, fields, and lawns. (3) The edible pore mushroom ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"A. Mycelium, or spawn. B. Stipe, or stem. C. Volva, or -wrapper. D. Annulus, or ring. E. Pileus, or cap. F. Lamellae, or gills. , Boletus. pore mushroom. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Boletus edulis, the edible pore-mushroom, has a yellowish or brownish cap, with convex tubes which change with -age from white to greenish yellow. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"Boletus edulis, the edible pore-mushroom, has a yellowish or brownish cap, with convex tubes which change with age from white to greenish yellow. ..."

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