MUSHROOM
ADJECTIVES
► FUNGIVOROUS enjoying eating mushrooms → 1991
► MYCOPHILIC having an enthusiasm for mushrooms and other edible fungi → 1957
► MYCOPHOBE wary of eating mushrooms → 1957
► MYCOPHOBIC wary of eating mushrooms → 1957
NOUNS
► CAMPERNOYLE a mushroom or toadstool → 1527 obs.
► CAT STOOL a mushroom that grows out like brackets from the sides of trees →1968 Amer. dial.
► CATFACE mushrooms that grow out like brackets from the sides of trees → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL’S BREAD a mushroom that grows on woodland stumps and trees and logs → 1907 Amer. dial.
► DEVIL’S FOOTSTOOL a large, round mushroom → 1950 Amer. dial.
► FAIRY RING a circle of mushrooms; one of the mushrooms in a circle → 1895 Amer. dial.
► FAIRY TABLE the common mushroom Agaricus campestris, and other fungi → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAIRY UMBRELLA a mushroom → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FUNG a fungus → 1665 obs.
► FUNGE a mushroom or fungus → a1398 obs.
► FUNGO a mushroom or fungus → 1562 obs.
► MOOSH mushrooms → 1990s sl.
► MUSH mushrooms → 1990s sl.
► MUSHER a mushroom → 1883 Eng. dial
► MUSHIE a mushroom → 1935 Aust. colloq.
► MUSHYROOM a mushroom → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MYCOLATRY the worship of fungi, especially mushrooms → 1991 (Bk.)
► MYCOMYSTICISM the use of certain mushrooms or their extracts as a means of inducing mystical experiences → 1962
► MYCOPHAGY the practice of eating mushrooms, esp. those collected from the wild → 1865
► MYCOPHILIA a fondness for eating mushrooms → 1957
► MYCOPHOBIA suspicion of or a reluctance to eat mushrooms, toadstools, or other fungi → 1957
► ONE-FOOT MEAT an edible mushroom or fungus → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► S AND M sausage and mushrooms → 1996 US sl.
► SHROOMERS mushrooms as a pizza topping → 1996 US sl.
► TAIL the stalk of a mushroom → 1613 Eng. dial.
► TOAD a mushroom or toadstool → 1968 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-FROG a mushroom or toadstool → 1966 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-FROG HOUSE a mushroom or toadstool → 1966 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-FROG STOOL a mushroom or toadstool → 1624 obs.
► TOAD’S UMBRELLA ► TOAD UMBRELLA a mushroom or toadstool → 1941 Amer. dial.
► TREE FROG a mushroom that grows out like brackets from the sides of trees → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TREE TOAD a mushroom or toadstool → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WOODPECKER OF MARS the Amanita Muscaria, a hallucinogenic mushroom → M20 US drug culture sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MYCOPHAGE a person who eats mushrooms, esp. ones collected from the wild → 1958
► MYCOPHAGIST a person who eats mushrooms, esp. ones collected from the wild → 1861
► MYCOPHILE a person fond of eating mushrooms; one who has an enthusiasm for mushrooms and other edible fungi → 1885
► MYCOPHOBE a person who is wary of eating mushrooms → 1957
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