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POLYPORUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers
Synonyms:
genus Polyporus; Polyporus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Polyporus" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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