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beefsteak mushroom

American  

noun

  1. an edible bracket fungus, Fistulina hepatica, that grows on trees and can rot the heartwood of living oaks and chestnuts.

Etymology

Origin of beefsteak mushroom

First recorded in 1890–95

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