polypore

[pol-ee-pawr, -pohr]

noun

a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.

Origin:
1900–05; < Neo-Latin Polyporus; see poly-, pore²

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polypore
noun
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

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