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    GENUS POLYPORUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Polyporus; Polyporus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Polyporus" is a kind of...):

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Polyporus"):

    Polyporus tenuiculus (a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods)

    Grifola frondosa; hen-of-the-woods; hen of the woods; Polyporus frondosus (large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees)

    Polyporus squamosus; scaly polypore (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)

    Holonyms ("genus Polyporus" is a member of...):

    family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees)

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