mushrooms

Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

“Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.”

A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.

Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.

Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.

A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.

One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

To grow quickly to a large size.

“The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years.”

To gather mushrooms.

“We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend.”

To form the shape of a mushroom.