beefsteak mushroom

== English == === Etymology === From beefsteak +‎ mushroom. From being a fungus that looks like a steak of beef. === Noun === beefsteak mushroom (plural beefsteak mushrooms) Fistulina hepatica (an edible fungus) Gyromitra esculenta (a potentially fatally poisonous fungus that is a delicacy) ==== Synonyms ==== beefsteak (shortened form), beefsteak fungus (Fistulina hepatica): beefsteak polypore, ox tongue, ox tongue fungus, ox tongue mushroom, ox tongue polypore (Gyromitra esculenta): beefsteak morel, brain mushroom, brain fungus, turban mushroom, turban fungus, elephant ears, elephant ears mushroom, elephant ears fungus ==== Hypernyms ==== mushroom, fungus (Fistulina hepatica): polypore, bracket fungus (Gyromitra esculenta): false morel