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polypore

[ pol-ee-pawr, -pohr ]

noun

  1. a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus ( Polyporus ) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.


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Origin of polypore1

1900–05; < New Latin Polyporus; poly-, pore 2
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Another post teaches a mycological lesson, pairing mushrooms with astrological signs: Scorpios are reishi mushrooms, because they are “secretly a softy†— a nod to the polypore mushroom’s porous underside.

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I passed on two species only because one, resinous polypore, did not appeal to me and the other, the hedgehog mushroom, was too old when I found it.

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There were familiar campus ginkgoes, cedars in Brooklyn, polypore mushrooms climbing a tree in Utah.

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Fastened to leather bands in his equipment, researchers found the birch polypore fungus, which the Iceman may have used to calm inflammation or as an antibiotic.

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Also known as clinker polypore, chaga looks like a clump of dirt with some orange areas.

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