neolentinus ponderosus

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   a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender

   Broaderpolypore

   Part ofPolyporaceae

Questions about neolentinus ponderosus

What does neolentinus ponderosus mean?

neolentinus ponderosus means "a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender".

Is neolentinus ponderosus a common word?

neolentinus ponderosus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.