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Definition of Sponge mushroom
1. Noun. An edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges.
Group relationships: Genus Morchella, Morchella
Generic synonyms: Morel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponge Mushroom
Literary usage of Sponge mushroom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"... s wallow wort ; ( Г härm.) vincetoxicum. Schwall» m. swell, flood, throng.
schwamm, prêt, of schwimmen. Schwamm, m. sponge; mushroom; ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"In the United States this plant may pass under the name of "sponge mushroom,"
this fittingly describing the general appearance of the plant, for the morel ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The sponge mushroom (Morchella) is a very delicious mushroom found in the woods
in the spring. Three families. Order 40. ..."
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