POLYPORUS TENUICULUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Polyporus tenuiculus" 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 ("Polyporus tenuiculus" is a member of...):

genus Polyporus; Polyporus (type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers)

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