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POLYPORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("polypore" is a kind of...):
basidiomycete; basidiomycetous fungi (any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polypore"):
bracket fungus; shelf fungus (a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures)
Albatrellus dispansus (a rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor)
Albatrellus ovinus; sheep polypore (a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular)
Neolentinus ponderosus (a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender)
Nigroporus vinosus (a woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores)
Oligoporus leucospongia (a pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada)
Polyporus tenuiculus (a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods)
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)
beefsteak fungus; Fistulina hepatica (a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States)
