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brain mushroom

DEFINITIONS OF: brain mushroom

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n a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown

Synonyms:
Gyromitra esculenta, beefsteak morel
Type of:
gyromitra
any fungus of the genus Gyromitra
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