plural of mushrooming

Resembling or characteristic of mushrooms.

A mushroom-shaped device to darn a sock on. The sock can be stretched over the top of the (curved) mushroom, and gathered tightly around the stalk.

A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.

(informal) Any mushroom-like fungus that has psychedelic effects.

(entomology) Either of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods thought to be involved in learning and memory.

plural of magic mushroom

(US) The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, which in the wild grows chiefly on hardwood trees, and is cultivated for food. / Any of several mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus cultivated for food.

plural of oyster mushroom

A small, edible mushroom used primarily in the cuisines of East and Southeast Asia, Volvariella volvacea.