polypore

[ pol-ee-pawr, -pohr ]

noun
  1. a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.

Origin of polypore

1
1900–05; <New Latin Polyporus;see poly-, pore2

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