polyporoid

\\pəˈlipəˌrȯid\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Polyporus + English -oid

: relating to or resembling a pore fungus especially of the genus Polyporus

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polyporoid, a. Bot.

(pəˈlɪpərɔɪd)

[f. mod.L. Polyporus (Fries 1836–8) (a. Gr. πολύπορος: see next) + -oid.]

Resembling or belonging to Polyporus, a large widely distributed genus of hymenomycetous fungi, growing in the form of projecting shelves or brackets on dead or decaying trees.

in Cent. Dict.