polypore

American  

[pol-ee-pawr, -pohr] / ˈpɒl iˌpɔr, -ˌpoʊr /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of polypore

1900–05; < New Latin Polyporus; see poly-, pore ²

Example Sentences

Another post teaches a mycological lesson, pairing mushrooms with astrological signs: Scorpios are reishi mushrooms, because they are “secretly a softy” — a nod to the polypore mushroom’s porous underside.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Chef also uses morels, porcini, matsutake and umbrella polypore mushrooms from Forage North.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022

There were familiar campus ginkgoes, cedars in Brooklyn, polypore mushrooms climbing a tree in Utah.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2020

These speleothems looked like giant polypore fungus—the flat fungus commonly seen growing on decaying tree trunks.

From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2017

This return was marked by the fortunate discovery by the engineer of a substance that would answer for tinder, which, we know, is the spongy, velvety pulp of a mushroom of the polypore family.

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.