(n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.
(n.) Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous.
(n.) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
(a.) Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.
(a.) Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.
Example Sentences:
(1) Head chef Christopher Gould (a UK Masterchef quarter-finalist) puts his own stamp on traditional Spanish fare with the likes of mushroom-and-truffle croquettes and suckling Málaga goat with couscous.
(2) Her unclothed remains were found six months later by mushroom pickers at Yateley Heath Woods, near Fleet, Hampshire, 25 miles away.
(3) The four distinct neuroblasts proliferating in the early larval and late pupal stages are identical; they lie in the cortex above the calyces of the mushroom bodies (corpora pedunculata), proliferating over a period twice as long as that for the other neuroblasts.
(4) A survey of certified regional poison centers in the United States was performed to determine sources of treatment information for mushroom intoxications, and extent of reporting of mushroom epidemiological data to a national mushroom case registry.
(5) The soluble dry matter content of blanched mushrooms was less than 50% of that of the fresh.
(6) There’s little else on the horizon.” There has been a resurgence of medical interest in LSD and psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, after several recent trials produced encouraging results for conditions ranging from depression in cancer patients to post-traumatic stress disorder.
(7) Back to the Roots , GroCycle and the Espresso Mushroom Company are selling kits for domestic use that they hope can help make food personal again.
(8) In fact, the body of evidence about how much it matters is mushrooming, so that it seems almost absurd to anyone who knows anything about children's development that we still think that a baby's physical health at the birth is all that matters.
(9) Samples of the same species collected at the same location exhibited large differences, although mixed samples rather than individual mushrooms were measured.
(10) That party powerbase has now mushroomed: when a record 11 Front National mayors were elected across France last year, five were in towns in this southern region.
(11) In parallel, Edinburgh's electricity bill has mushroomed, partly due to a steep surge in the use of personal computers.
(12) In rabbits with adjuvant induced pleuritis, the visceral pleura, but not the costal pleura, showed mushroom-like projections on the pleural surface which were composed of a fibrin mass mixed with phagocytotic macrophages and covered by proliferative mesothelial cells.
(13) In my 70-year lifespan there have never been so many mushroom poisonings as there have been so far this year,” he told the Guardian.
(14) Due to the hepatic toxicity of these mushrooms, we have assessed their incidence on alkaline phosphatase levels and on its isoenzymes.
(15) But retweet if you remember destabilizing a region based on falsified claims that everyone in America needed to be afraid of a mushroom cloud, fave if you don’t understand causation.
(16) In the screening of catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors, three compounds were isolated from the culture filtrate of a mushroom, Inonotus sp.
(17) Accordingly, immunotherapy of Amanita mushroom poisoning in humans does not appear promising.
(18) The entities mimicking metastases were sarcoidosis, mushroom worker's lung, lymphoma and phaeochromocytoma.
(19) Recently, we found thioproline in various cooked foods, including cod and dried shiitake mushrooms.
(20) These mushrooms were extracted with water to estimate the inhibitor activity.
Porcini
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) 3 Drain the porcini mushroom juice into the meat, then chop the mushrooms and add to the pan.
(2) Each afternoon, dishes such as warm salad of potato, fried egg and Clonakilty black and white pudding; spaghetti carbonara; porcini risotto; or peppery, perfumed pastrami with remoulade and pieces of what resembled XXL melba toast, are all knocked out at £6.50.
(3) Serves 8-10 2 small onions, finely chopped 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced Olive oil 1 large carrot, grated 2 bay leaves 2 sprigs of rosemary 4 rashers smoked bacon, finely chopped 500g pork mince 500g beef mince Salt and black pepper 400ml red wine 2 tins of chopped tomatoes 30g dried porcini mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water with a splash of milk 600-800g dried tagliatelle, cooked to serve Parmesan, grated, to serve 1 Over a low heat, gently soften the onions, celery and garlic in a little olive oil for about 15 minutes.
(4) If time permits, stop for lunch at Trattoria al Castelletto ( alcastelletto.com ), where the formidable Signora Clemi serves delicious dishes like pumpkin risotto or plump grilled porcini mushrooms.
(5) I used a mix of pork and beef, lots of red wine and dried porcini mushrooms, and served it with tagliatelle.
(6) Serves 4 For the frikadeller minced pork 500 g onion 1 small, finely chopped fresh thyme leaves 1 tsp, finely chopped eggs 2 plain flour 50g sparkling water 50ml salt and freshly ground pepper butter 30-40g (for frying) For the potato and celeriac potatoes 3 big celeriac 300g bay leaf 1 For the mushrooms porcini mushrooms 400g or any mushroom of choice garlic 2 cloves, finely chopped butter 60g curly parsley 8 tbsp, chopped To make the meatballs, mix the minced pork, onion, thyme and eggs together and beat well.