SCALY POLYPORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scaly polypore mean? 

• SCALY POLYPORE (noun)
  The noun SCALY POLYPORE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SCALY POLYPORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCALY POLYPORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Polyporus squamosus; scaly polypore

Hypernyms ("scaly polypore" 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 ("scaly polypore" is a member of...):

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