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SCALY POLYPORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scaly polypore mean?
• SCALY POLYPORE (noun)
The noun SCALY POLYPORE has 1 sense:
1. a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: SCALY POLYPORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Polyporus squamosus; scaly polypore
Hypernyms ("scaly polypore" 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 ("scaly polypore" is a member of...):
genus Polyporus; Polyporus (type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers)
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