pore fungus

1. 1.

   woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent

   Synonymspolyporepore mushroom

   Broaderbasidiomycete

   Narrowerbracket fungusAlbatrellus dispansusAlbatrellus ovinusNeolentinus ponderosusNigroporus vinosusOligoporus leucospongiaPolyporus tenuiculusPolyporus squamosusbeefsteak fungus

Questions about pore fungus

What does pore fungus mean?

pore fungus means "woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent".

What is another word for pore fungus?

Close synonyms include polypore, pore mushroom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pore fungus a common word?

pore fungus 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.