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mushroom
noun(mush-room)
an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (such as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus; especially : one that is edible
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fungus
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upstart
mushroom
verb(mush-room)
to well up and spread out laterally from a central source
mushroom
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to become enlarged or extended : grow
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verb(mush-room)
to collect wild mushrooms
mushroom
noun(mush-room)
a mushroom-shaped cloud; specifically : one caused by the explosion of a nuclear weapon
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the top part of a mushroom
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a usually small white mushroom (Agaricus bisporus synonym A. brunnescens) in which the pileus has not yet expanded
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chicken of the woods
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a whitish cultivated agaric mushroom (Flammulina velutipes synonym Collybia velutipes) with a long thin stem and a small cap
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meadow mushroom
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a fungus (such as genus Psilocybe) containing hallucinogenic alkaloids (such as psilocybin)
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a common edible whitish agaric mushroom (Agaricus campestris) that has gills which change from pink to brown and usually grows in moist open areas (such as fields or lawns)

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