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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Polyporales — many bracket fungi.
Etymologies
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Polyporus + -aceae
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Examples
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- Polyporaceae (pore-fungi) includes about 2000 species, many of which are parasites on trees and destructive to timber; some are edible, as Boletus edulis Bull., whereas others are poisonous, as B. satana Lenz.
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