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DEFINITIONS OF: mushroom

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n mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

Type of:
agaric
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

n any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

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morel
any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
Morchella esculenta, common morel, sponge morel, sponge mushroom
an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges
Disciotis venosa, cup morel
an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms
Verpa, bell morel
a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top
Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, black morel, conic morel, narrowhead morel
a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age
Morchella crassipes, thick-footed morel
a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits
Morchella semilibera, cow's head, half-free morel
a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length
Type of:
basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi
any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota

n common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

Antonyms:
toadstool
common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)
Type of:
agaric
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

n fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

Type of:
veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

n a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Synonyms:
mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud
Type of:
cloud
any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

v pick or gather mushrooms

“We went mushrooming in the Fall”
Type of:
cull, pick, pluck
look for and gather

v grow and spread fast

“The problem mushroomed”
Type of:
grow
become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain
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