to mushroom
- verb
- /ˈmʌʃruːm/
- She enjoys mushrooming with her family, teaching her children how to identify edible types while foraging.
- go mushrooming
Examples
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Spotting and harvesting mushrooms may seem second nature to William, but his deep well of insight and knowledge didn't happen overnight.
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For fun, I like to gather mushrooms and feed them to the wounded animals.
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Like, I mean, if someone picks a wrong mushroom thinking they could go out and and pick some and so.
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When Constellation was first floated, it was about 104 billion with two flights; that number mushroomed into the 140 billion range with reduced funding for the Altair lander.
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Every autumn, my friends and I love to mushroom in the local forest, searching for delicious wild varieties.
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During our trip to the countryside, we spent the day mushrooming in the fields, hoping to find some rare species.
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A mushroom cap filled with a tasty mix like cheese or meat usually cooked in an oven
A thick smooth soup that people make from mushrooms and milk or cream and use in casseroles
A soft grey mushroom that grows in flat clusters on dead wood and is used in cooking
A mushroom from East Asia used in cooking with a dark cap and a tough, inedible stem
- Specialized
A pale mushroom with a saddle-shaped cap and a stalk with lines and small holes
A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion
- Specialized
A heavy metal device with a bowl-shaped head that digs into soft sea floor to hold boats
- Specialized
A hard coral with a flat, round body that usually sits alone on the sea floor
- NSFW
A gathering where people eat mushrooms to see or feel things that are not real
An edible East Asian mushroom used in cooking with a golden to dark brown cap and a stem not eaten
- Specialized
A green mold that grows on mushroom tops and makes them not safe to eat
A honey-colored edible mushroom that grows near tree roots in late summer and autumn and must be cooked before eating
A large mushroom you can eat with a hollow stem and a broad white cap found in grasslands
- Specialized
A mushroom with a pointed cap like a house roof that grows in damp places in early summer
- NSFW
A mushroom used in religious ceremonies that makes people see or feel things
An edible mushroom with a tall stalk and a round cap that grows in woods in autumn
- Specialized
A woody mushroom with many small tubes or holes under it that hold spores
A mushroom you can eat that grows in clusters in sandy soil under cottonwood trees
A white, jelly-like food often sold dried and used in East Asian soups and desserts
- Indian
A small mushroom you can eat with a white cap and long stem used in Asian cooking
- Specialized
A white, soft growth that lives on dead wood and decaying plants in damp places
An edible mushroom with a smooth orange or brown cap and a velvety stalk that grows in clusters
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Etymology
The verb mushroom meaning 'to pick mushrooms' comes straight from the noun mushroom, because people would go out to find and gather the fungi. So to mushroom is to search for and collect wild mushrooms.