BRAIN MUSHROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brain mushroom mean? 

• BRAIN MUSHROOM (noun)
  The noun BRAIN MUSHROOM has 1 sense:

1. a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown

  Familiarity information: BRAIN MUSHROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAIN MUSHROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beefsteak morel; brain mushroom; Gyromitra esculenta

Hypernyms ("brain mushroom" is a kind of...):

gyromitra (any fungus of the genus Gyromitra)

Holonyms ("brain mushroom" is a member of...):

genus Gyromitra (a genus of fungi of the family Helvellaceae with a fertile portion that is tan to brown)