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beefsteak fungus

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noun

  1. an edible reddish bracket fungus, Fistulina hepatica , that grows esp on oak trees and oozes a bloodlike juice

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I have never seen it growing here; the beefsteak fungus prefers to grow on very old oak trees, and it is, moreover, by no means common.

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