SHEEP POLYPORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep polypore mean? 

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

1. a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEEP POLYPORE (noun)

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Meaning:

A fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Albatrellus ovinus; sheep polypore

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

family Polyporaceae; Polyporaceae (fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees)