noun🔗ShareAny of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath."During our nature walk in the forest, we found many colorful agarics growing under the trees. "organismbiologyplantnaturevegetablefoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Fomitopsis officinalis, formerly Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis)."Because of its historical medicinal uses, researchers sometimes analyze old texts to learn more about the use of agarics in treating illnesses. "medicineplantbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading