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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Polypori

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[NL., fr. Gr.

πολύσ

many + [GREEK] a pore.]

(Bot.)

A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus.

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Polyporus fomentarius

was formerly dried and cut in slices for tinder, called amadou.

Polyporus betulinus

is common in America, and forms very large thick white semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several species of

Polyporous

are considered edible.