A reddish-brown bracket fungus which resembles raw beef and is sometimes considered edible, found in Eurasia and North America.
Fistulina hepatica, family Fistulinaceae, class Hymenomycetes
Example sentencesExamples
A somewhat related bracket fungus is Fistulina hepatica, the beefsteak fungus, which supposedly tenderizes and adds flavor to meat.
This is a beefsteak fungus; it looks like a slab of meat and it ‘bleeds’ when you cut into it.
I was delighted to find a beefsteak fungus growing on an oak tree by Wimpole Hall.
Clean and cut the beefsteak fungus into fine slices and place in a frying pan with finely chopped shallots and garlic.
Some of them can even be edible, but usually at a very early stage of development - e.g. sulphur shelf and beefsteak fungus.
The was the smallest specimen I've seen of the beefsteak fungus.
Definition of beefsteak fungus in US English:
beefsteak fungus
(also beefsteak mushroom)
noun
An edible reddish-brown bracket fungus that resembles raw beef. Native to both Eurasia and North America, it usually grows on oak or sweet chestnut trees.
Fistulina hepatica, family Fistulinaceae, class Hymenomycetes
Example sentencesExamples
The was the smallest specimen I've seen of the beefsteak fungus.
Some of them can even be edible, but usually at a very early stage of development - e.g. sulphur shelf and beefsteak fungus.
A somewhat related bracket fungus is Fistulina hepatica, the beefsteak fungus, which supposedly tenderizes and adds flavor to meat.
Clean and cut the beefsteak fungus into fine slices and place in a frying pan with finely chopped shallots and garlic.
I was delighted to find a beefsteak fungus growing on an oak tree by Wimpole Hall.
This is a beefsteak fungus; it looks like a slab of meat and it ‘bleeds’ when you cut into it.