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FISTULINA HEPATICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States
Synonyms:
beefsteak fungus; Fistulina hepatica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Fistulina hepatica" 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 ("Fistulina hepatica" is a member of...):
Fistulina; genus Fistulina (fungi having each pore separate though crowded)
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