n 1  :  an enlarged complex fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (as most basidiomycetes) that arises from an underground mycelium and consists typically of a stem bearing a spore-bearing structure : esp  :  one that is edible - compare TOADSTOOL   2  :  FUNGUS 1 .
 
   
 
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