n 1  :  the dried fruit body of a mushroom (Fomes officinalis syn. Polyporus officinalis) formerly used in the treatment of excessive perspiration (as in the night sweats of tuberculosis) - called also larch agaric   2  :  a fungus of the family Agaricaceae and esp. of the genus Agaricus .
 
   
 
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