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  • 11Coarse woody debris — in Białowieża Forest, Poland Coarse woody debris (CWD) is a term used in English speaking countries for fallen dead trees and the remains of large branches on the ground in forests. Some prefer the term coarse woody habitat (CWH). A dead standing …

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  • 12Medicinal mushrooms — Lepista nuda Medicinal mushrooms are mushrooms, or mushroom extracts, that are used or studied as possible treatments for diseases. Lentinula edodes (shiitake), Grifola frondosa (maitake), Ganoderma lucidum (mannentake), and Cordyceps, have a… …

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  • 13Daldinia concentrica — Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division …

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  • 14Piptoporus betulinus — Taxobox name = Birch Bracket image width = 200px regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Polyporales familia = Fomitopsidaceae genus = Piptoporus species = P. betulinus binomial = Piptoporus betulinus binomial… …

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  • 15Amadou — Am a*dou, n. [F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr. amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat.] A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus ({Boletus} and {Polyporus}) which grows on old trees; …

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  • 16Polyporus fomentarius — Punk Punk, n. [Cf. {Spunk}.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. [1913 Webster] 2. A fungus ({Polyporus fomentarius}, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric. [1913 Webster] 3. An artificial tinder. See… …

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  • 17Punk — Punk, n. [Cf. {Spunk}.] 1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. [1913 Webster] 2. A fungus ({Polyporus fomentarius}, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric. [1913 Webster] 3. An artificial tinder. See… …

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  • 18sponk — Spunk Spunk (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n a chip. Cf. {Sponge}, {Punk}.] [Written also {sponk}.] 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made …

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  • 19Spunk — (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n a chip. Cf. {Sponge}, {Punk}.] [Written also {sponk}.] 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a… …

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  • 20touch|wood — «TUHCH WUD», noun. 1. wood decayed by fungi so that it catches fire easily, used as tinder; punk. 2. a fungus found on old tree trunks, used as tinder; amadou …

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