单词 | razor strop fungus |
释义 | > as lemmasrazor strop fungus razor strop fungus n. a polypore (bracket fungus), Piptoporus betulinus (family Fomitopsidaceae), that grows on decaying birch trees and was formerly used for stropping razors. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > other fungi bolet1526 boletus1601 byssus1753 fly-fungus1822 turban-top1828 stilbid1846 empusa1856 Scotch bonnet1861 wolf's-milk1861 lizard's herb1866 fairy ring1870 Malta fungus1870 flowers of tan1882 mycorrhiza1886 fumago1887 milky cap1887 moss-gold1887 oomycete1889 razor strop fungus1893 club-fungusa1909 sulphur tuft1909 bolete1914 old man of the woods1972 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 916/2 P[olyporus] betulinus, when cut into strips, forms excellent razor-strops.] 1893 W. G. Smith Guide to Sowerby's Models of Brit. Fungi 56 Polyporus betulinus... Common on living and dead trunks and branches of birch from spring to early winter. This is the razor-strop fungus. Thick slices of flesh cut from large examples are used as razor strops. 1923 J. Ramsbottom Handbk. Larger Brit. Fungi 129 The name ‘razor-strop fungus’ is often given to P. betulinus, as up till the early part of last century it was used for making strops. 1993 Science 9 Apr. 146/3 In Europe this opportunistic bracket fungus infects senile birch trees and, together with the related Polyporus squamo[s]us, is known as the razor strop fungus. < as lemmas |
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