beefsteak mushroom

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English

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Fistulina hepatica
Gyromitra esculenta

Etymology

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From beefsteak +‎ mushroom. From being a fungus that looks like a steak of beef.

Noun

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beefsteak mushroom (plural beefsteak mushrooms)

  1. Fistulina hepatica (an edible fungus)
  2. Gyromitra esculenta (a potentially fatally poisonous fungus that is a delicacy)

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