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Definition of Shoestring fungus
1. Noun. Any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoestring Fungus
Literary usage of Shoestring fungus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Tree Diseases Common in California and Nevada: A Manual for Field Use by United States Forest Service, Emilio Pepe Michael Meinecke (1914)
"The parasite is, in fact, sometimes called shoestring fungus. The annual fruiting
bodies are honey- colored mushrooms with gills (Pl. XIX), ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"116), 236 on stems, 64 on sticks (Fig. 86), 177 pinc Lenzites, 266 scaly Lentinus
rot. 267 scurfy Pholiota rot, 263 shoestring fungus, 260 timber rots and ..."
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