| 单词 | german tinder fungus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman tinder fungus 2. More fully German tinder fungus. The bracket fungus Fomes fomentarius; cf. tinder-fungus n. at tinder n. Compounds 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1854 Punch 26 237/2 There's a certain sort of Fungus, called Polyporus Fomentarius By a learned few among us; or Boletus Ignarius. But, beside these, it has two Names that less in length of wind are: One of these is Amadou, and the other German Tinder. 1863 C. D. Badham Treat. Esculent Funguses Eng. 133 Among the more common kinds to be mentioned are P[olyporus] frondosus and P. tuberaster, Persoon,..P. giganteus, ibid., P. fomentarius, ibid., which last is the Amadou, or German tinder fungus. 1890 Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22 555 The Curator exhibited a specimen of German-tinder (Polyporus fomentarius) presented by Mr. Martin, of Pigeon Valley. 1901 G. F. Atkinson Stud. Amer. Fungi: Mushrooms 234 The Polyporus fomentarius, or ‘tinder mushroom’ or, as it sometimes called, ‘German tinder’, was once employed in the manufacture of tinder. 1995 T. A. Scott tr. Conc. Encycl. Biol. 118/1 Fomes fomentarius (German tinder fungus, Soft amadou, Punk) causes white rot of beech. < as lemmas |
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