purging agaric

purging agaric
purging agaric n a common white basidiomycetous fungus (Fomitopsis officinalis syn. Fomes officinalis of the family Polyporaceae) that is found in the U.S. and Europe on conifers (as larch and pine) and that has been used in medicine as a purgative called also white agaric

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