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Definition of Polyporus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Polyporaceae, Polyporaceae
Member holonyms: Polyporus Tenuiculus, Grifola Frondosa, Hen Of The Woods, Hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus Frondosus, Polyporus Squamosus, Scaly Polypore
Definition of Polyporus
1. n. A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
Medical Definition of Polyporus
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Many + a pore.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyporus
Literary usage of Polyporus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1904)
"polyporus arcularius Fr. Common on sticks and stumps. polyporus Berkeley! ...
polyporus betulinus Fr. Plentiful on dead birch. polyporus brumalis Fr. Common ..."
2. A Provisional Host-index of the Fungi of the United States by William Gilson Farlow, A. B. Seymour (1888)
"polyporus croceus, Fr. Г polyporus croceus, S. in litt. [ polyporus nitidus, Fr.
El 1 ... Fr. f polyporus cruentatus, Mont. I Poria cruentata, Cke. ..."
3. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1827)
"FRIES. P. pileus corky, and, as well as the stipes, glabrous, shining; the pores
minute, round, pale. polyporus lucidus, Fries. Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 353. ..."
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