polyp | one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth, in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase |
mushroom coral | flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) |
hairy-legged vampire bat Diphylla ecaudata | similar in size and habits to Desmodus rotundus, of tropical America including southern California and Texas |
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) |
hairy darling pea Swainsona greyana Swainsona grandiflora | shrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers |
mescal button sacred mushroom magic mushroom | the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus, a source of psilocybin |
hairy golden aster prairie golden aster Heterotheca villosa Chrysopsis villosa | hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters, found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States, sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis |
large crabgrass hairy finger grass Digitaria sanguinalis | a European forage grass grown for hay, a naturalized weed in United States |
hairy willowherb codlins-andream Epilobium hirsutum | plant of Europe and Asia having purplished flowers and hairy stems and leaves, introduced into North America |
hairy vetch hairy tare Vicia villosa | European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops |
hairy honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta | twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers, northeastern America |
hairy wood mint Blephilia hirsuta | a variety of wood mint |
hairy spurge Euphorbia hirsuta | much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America |
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 |
wooly lip fern hairy lip fern Cheilanthes lanosa | small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly |
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 |