straw mushroom

American  

[straw muhsh-room, -room] / ˈstrɔ ˌmʌʃ rum, -rʊm /

noun

1. a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cuisine.

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Etymology

Origin of straw mushroom

First recorded in 1915–20; translation of Chinese caǒ gū; so called because the mushrooms are grown on compost of rice straw

Example Sentences

Brushwood sank in the deepening drifts like a foundered ship, and all that remained visible of evergreens was an occasional spar or snow mushroom on the crest of a branch.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)