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man-on-a-horse

man-on-a-horse

9.9
An edible mushroom with a sticky yellow cap, yellow gills and a brown centre
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : hongo hombre sobre caballo
  • The man-on-a-horse is known for its distinctive appearance, featuring a sticky yellow cap and yellow gills.

Examples

  • We spotted several man-on-a-horse mushrooms growing in the damp forest after the rain.

  • Before picking a man-on-a-horse, it's important to be sure of the identification, as wild mushrooms can be dangerous.

  • The man-on-a-horse is valued by some for its unique flavor in wild mushroom dishes.

  • Look at that man-on-a-horse!

  • I found a man-on-a-horse mushroom in the forest.

  • While foraging for mushrooms, we carefully collected a few man-on-a-horse mushrooms for dinner.

  • She decided to cook a pasta dish featuring man-on-a-horse mushrooms, which added a unique flavor.

Synonyms

Tricholoma flavovirens
vsman-on-a-horse
  • Specialized
9.9

An edible mushroom with yellow gills and a sticky yellow cap with a brown centre

is the common informal name for the same mushroom

Surface Forms

man-on-a-horse singular
man-on-a-horses plural

Morphology

man-on-a-horse = man + a + horse (opaque) = on + man + a + horse

Although the components are literal words, the hyphenated phrase is a conventional folk name for a mushroom; its referent cannot be predicted by normal compositional rules. [Postprocessing: moved 'on' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Man-on-a-horse comes from the mushroom's look. The sticky yellow cap with a darker brown centre can look like a little man sitting on a yellow horse, so imagining a 'rider' on a 'horse' helps you remember this mushroom and its shape.