单词 | hoof fungus |
释义 | > as lemmashoof fungus hoof fungus n. (a) a small ascomycete fungus, Onygena equina (family Onygenaceae), which grows on decaying animal material such as hooves and horns (now rare); (b) any of several hoof-shaped bracket fungi; esp. the tinder fungus, Fomes fomentarius, which forms woody brackets resembling horses' hooves in size and shape. ΚΠ 1860 M. J. Berkeley Outl. Brit. Fungol. i. 21 (list) Ascomycetes... Onygenei. Hoof Fungus. 1904 J. R. Dickson Riding Mountain Forest Reserve (Forestry Branch, Canad. Dept. Interior) 24 When its [sc. the birch tree's] vigour declines, the hoof fungus (Polyporus betulinus) invariably enters and destroys it. 1910 Lancs. Naturalist Apr. 14 It was ultimately identified as the ‘Hoof Fungus’, Onygena equina, by my colleague, Mr. Harold Murray. 1979 G. Kibby Mushrooms & Toadstools 214 Fomes fomentarius (Tinder Fungus, Hoof Fungus): thick hoof-like bracket, dull yellow-brown to greyish with paler spores. 1996 Guardian 12 Dec. i. 22/7 Where the main branches met the trunk, the killer revealed itself—Fomes fomentarius, the hoof fungus. < as lemmas |
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