BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does beefsteak fungus mean? • BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS (noun)
The noun BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS has 1 sense:
1. a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States
Familiarity information: BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS (noun)
Meaning:
A popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
beefsteak fungus; Fistulina hepatica
Hypernyms ("beefsteak fungus" is a kind of...):
polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom (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)
Holonyms ("beefsteak fungus" is a member of...):
Fistulina; genus Fistulina (fungi having each pore separate though crowded)
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