| mushroom coral | flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) |
| mushroom anchor | an anchor used for semipermanent moorings, has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls |
| mushroom | fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi |
| stuffed mushroom | mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach |
marchand de vin
mushroom wine sauce | brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira |
| mushroom sauce | brown sauce and sauteed mushrooms |
mushroom
mushroom cloud
mushroom-shaped cloud | a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) |
mescal button
sacred mushroom
magic mushroom | the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus, a source of psilocybin |
| mushroom pimple | any of various fungi of the family Hypocreaceae |
| orange mushroom pimple | a variety of mushroom pimple |
| green mushroom pimple | a variety of mushroom pimple |
| mushroom | any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium |
| mushroom | mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.) |
| mushroom | common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool) |
horse mushroom
Agaricus arvensis | coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap |
meadow mushroom
field mushroom
Agaricus campestris | common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil, the cultivated mushroom of commerce |
shiitake
shiitake mushroom
Chinese black mushroom
golden oak mushroom
Oriental black mushroom
Lentinus edodes | edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe |
blushing mushroom
blusher
Amanita rubescens | yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched |
| slime mushroom | a mushroom of the genus Amanita |
| white slime mushroom | a type of slime mushroom |
| Fischer's slime mushroom | a type of slime mushroom |
inky cap
inkyap mushroom
Coprinus atramentarius | having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured |
shaggymane
shaggy cap
shaggymane mushroom
Coprinus comatus | common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores |
fairying mushroom
Marasmius oreades | mushroom that grows in a fairy ring |
oyster mushroom
oyster fungus
oyster agaric
Pleurotus ostreatus | edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood |
nameko
viscid mushroom
Pholiota nameko | one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan |
parasol mushroom
Lepiota procera | edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores, found in open woodlands in autumn |
sandy mushroom
Tricholoma populinum | an edible agaric that fruits in great clusters (especially in sandy soil under cottonwood trees) |
Pluteus
genus Pluteus
roof mushroom | a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae, the shape of the cap resembles a roof, often abundant early in the summer |
Pluteus magnus
sawdust mushroom | an edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust, the caps are black and coarsely wrinkled |
deer mushroom
Pluteus cervinus | a small edible agaric with a slender stalk, usually found on rotting hardwoods |
straw mushroom
Chinese mushroom
Volvariella volvacea | small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem, an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially |
winter mushroom
Flammulina velutipes | an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are, has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills, often occur in clusters |
common morel
Morchella esculenta
sponge mushroom
sponge morel | an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges |
Helvella crispa
miter mushroom | a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color, the stalk is fluted and pitted |
Gyromitra esculenta
brain mushroom
beefsteak morel | a poisonous gyromitra, the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted), color varies from dull yellow to brown |
polypore
pore fungus
pore mushroom | 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 |
snow mushroom
Tremella fuciformis | popular in China and Japan and Taiwan, gelatinous mushrooms, most are dried |
honey mushroom
honey fungus
Armillariella mellea | a honeyolored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall, do not eat raw |
| mushroom poisoning | toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species) |
| mushroom | grow and spread fast, The problem mushroomed |
| mushroom | pick or gather mushrooms, We went mushrooming in the Fall |