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sulphur tuft

sulphur tuft noun: a yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).

sulphur tuft: a yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare)
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Noun

sulphur tuft (plural sulphur tufts)

  1. A yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).
    • Several of the key identifying characteristics listed above are expressly designed to rule out the poisonous Sulphur Tuft (N.fasaculare; see p. 159). It occasionally has been mistaken for the Smoky-gilled Naematoloma, but the toxic species has a greenish yellow to bright orangish yellow cap and...1992, David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide, page 81
    • The similar but less common Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare, is a yellow mushroom yielding a purple-brown spore print; it grows on logs and stumps. The Sulphur Tuft is very bitter. Poisonous, it causes nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.2003, Charles L. Fergus, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, page 25

Examples of sulphur tuft in a sentence

  • Several of the key identifying characteristics listed above are expressly designed to rule out the poisonous Sulphur Tuft (N.fasaculare; see p. 159).1992, David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette, Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide, page 81:
  • You had to be sure, for instance, that you didn't pick sulphur tufts instead of branching oysters.2012, Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, page 209:

Forms of sulphur tuft

pluralsulphur tufts
alternative formsulfur tuft

Questions about sulphur tuft

What does sulphur tuft mean?
Sulphur tuft means a yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).
How do you use sulphur tuft in a sentence?
Several of the key identifying characteristics listed above are expressly designed to rule out the poisonous Sulphur Tuft (N.fasaculare; see p. 159).
What part of speech is sulphur tuft?
Sulphur tuft is a noun.
What is the plural of sulphur tuft?
The plural of sulphur tuft is sulphur tufts.

Words near sulphur tuft in the dictionary

  1. sulphur spring
  2. sulphur springs
  3. sulphur tree
  4. sulphur trees
  5. sulphur trioxide
  6. sulphur tuft
  7. sulphur tufts
  8. sulphur weed
  9. sulphur works
  10. sulphur yellow
  11. sulphur-bottom

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