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Synonyms for mushroom

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Synonyms for mushroom

to increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control

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Synonyms for mushroom

common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

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mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc

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any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

pick or gather mushrooms

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grow and spread fast

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They're challenging--feral, sauvage, mushroomy and thick with dark fruit--and also surprisingly generous and elegant.
Only above ground for a short time, the crown of the fly agaric in the picture has yet to flatten out into the distinctive mushroomy plate of a mature specimen.
Sweet raspberry aromas meddling in that classic forest-floor; mushroomy signature Pinot nose; smooth delivery of black raspberry; getting fleshier as it picks up a leather-cedar-tobacco medley on the long finish.
a fruitless snuffle for truffles, little mushroomy words,
Some carry a bright hint of spice or a deep mushroomy earthiness that can be masked by any salt or flavoring.
Corn smut is "perfectly delicious, with an inky, mushroomy flavor that is almost impossible to describe," she writes in The Cuisines of Mexico.
Most old wines taste jaded, faded and mushroomy. This unusual delight was an Australian 'Tawny', Seppetsfield 1889, only recently drawn from its venerable cask before being lovingly bottled.
For this intensely mushroomy lasagna, brawny portabellas and shiitakes cook down until their flavors are concentrated.
I particularly liked the mushroom soup served in a tiny demitasse cup, which was the most mushroomy mushroom soup I've ever had!
Their Celebration Cheesecakes start at pounds 75 for the Marlborough, which serves approximately 25 people - or you can create your own from your favourite cheeses: The Boadicea (pounds 195 - to serve approximately 100 people) Royal Jam Created by Tristan Stephenson, co-owner of Purl bar in Marylebone & Fluid Movement 50 ml Williams Gin Finn - a soft cheese but not runny in the sense that Brie can be - is firm and soft with a sweet, slightly nutty and mushroomy flavour and a distinctly salty tang.