BEEFSTEAK FUNGUS

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 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)

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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)