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Sulphur tuft is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SULPHUR TUFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sulphur tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft, sulfur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found. This saprophagic small gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps, dead roots or rotting trunks of broadleaved trees. The "Sulphur Tuft" is bitter and poisonous; consuming it can cause vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions. The principal toxic constituents have been named fasciculol E and fasciculol F.

Definition of sulphur tuft in the English dictionary

The definition of sulphur tuft in the dictionary is a poisonous basidiomycetous fungus, Hypholoma fasciculare, having a sulphurous yellow cap and found in clumps on and around broad-leaved trees.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SULPHUR TUFT

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sulphur(IV) oxide
sulphur(VI) oxide
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sulphuration
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sulphureously
sulphureousness
sulphuret
sulphuretted hydrogen
sulphuric
sulphuric acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE SULPHUR TUFT

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Synonyms and antonyms of sulphur tuft in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sulphur tuft» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SULPHUR TUFT

Find out the translation of sulphur tuft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sulphur tuft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sulphur tuft» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硫绺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

penacho de azufre
570 millions of speakers

English

sulphur tuft
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सल्फर गुच्छा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خصل الكبريت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пучок серы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tufo de enxofre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সালফার গুড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

touffe de soufre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tuft sulfur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwefel Büschel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

硫黄房
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황 술로 장식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sulfur tuft
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Cụm lưu huỳnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சல்பர் ட்யூஃப்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सल्फर गुदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kükürt kümesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ciuffo di zolfo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kępka siarki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пучок сірки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smoc de sulf
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τούφα θείου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swael klossie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svavel tuft
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

svovel tuft
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SULPHUR TUFT»

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Field Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of Britain and Europe
TypIcal features Sulphur Tuft is conspicuous due to the dense clusters that grow on dead wood. Its greenish-yellow or grey-green gills are also distinctive. Velvet Shank FlammulitIa velutipcs m APPEArANCE: Cap is honey-coloured to. 100.
Michael Eppinger, 2006
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Handbook on Mushroom Cultivation and Processing (with ...
(with Dehydration, Preservation and Canning) The Sulphur Tuft is a poisonous fungus which careless or inexperienced mushroom pickers may confuse with the edible Kuehneromyces mutabilis, or even with the Honey Fungus (Armilaria ...
NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers, 2011
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Advanced Biology
Figure 6.13 Sulphur tuft toadstools, Hypholomo fasc/culare, growing on a rotting tree stump. The toadstools are the fruiting bodies on which the basidia are formed. Lichens A lichen is an association between an alga and a fungus ( usually an ...
Michael Roberts, Michael Jonathan Reiss, Grace Monger, 2000
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RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife
Gills on the underside of cap are also yellowish but later turn green or brown. Most of the caps retain their rounded umbrella shape. CHARACTERISTICS A succession of different fungi may colonise rotting timber, of which Sulphur Tuft is one of ...
Peter Holden, Geoffrey Abbott, 2008
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
S 77 ( Mycology )1 UF Bitter naematoloma Clustered naematoloma Clustered wood-lover Clustered woodlover Naematoloma fasciculare Nematoloma fasciculare Sulfur top Sulfur tuft Sulphur top Sulphur tuft Tufted yellow mushroom Yellow ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
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Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast
The similar but less common Sulphur Tuft, Hypholoma fasciculare, is a yellow mushroom yielding a purple-brown spore print; it grows on logs and stumps. The Sulphur Tuft is very bitter. Poisonous, it causes nausea, vomiting, and abdominal  ...
Charles L. Fergus, 2003
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Year in Life of Richmond Park
... has repercussions all down the line. above: A sulphur tuft or 'clustered wood lover' engulfing a tree stump. left A close-up of the sulphur tuft. left: Delicate pink mushrooms emerge from a decaying tree. right: 91 XX.
Joanna Jackson, 2003
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Mushrooms of Cape Cod and the National Seashore
127 Sulphur Tuft Cap: 3A-iVs" (2-8 cm) wide, convex, becoming broadly convex to nearly plane, often with an umbo; margin occasionally rimmed with veil remnants, surface smooth, moist or dry, orange-yellow to sulphur-yellow or greenish ...
Arleen Rainis Bessette, Alan Bessette, William J. Neill, 2001
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Wild about Cornwall
... fungus is the sulphur tuft, which grows in large numbers on rotting tree stumps. Its vibrant, sulphur-yellow colour also makes it one of the most obvious. TEHIDY COUNTRY PARK 53.
David Chapman, 2007
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America: A Field-to-kitchen Guide
SIMILAR SPECIES: Several of the key identifying characteristics listed above are expressly designed to rule out the poisonous Sulphur Tuft (N.fasaculare; see p. 159). It occasionally has been mistaken for the Smoky-gilled Naematoloma, but ...
David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette, 2010

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SULPHUR TUFT»

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Fungus survey at outdoor activity site near Leominster
Some of the species identified during their visit were clouded agaric, sulphur tuft, frosty bonnet and candlesnuff fungus. The uncovered species could act as ... «Hereford Times, Dec 14»
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Lynne Allbutt: Wild about picking mushrooms
Another prolific and enticing con-mushroom is the Sulphur Tuft which will make you quite ill if eaten. It appears it is a mushroom mine field out there, so do ... «WalesOnline, Sep 14»
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Nature Studies: My unexpected first encounter with The Prince in the …
There were broad clusters of honey fungus and sulphur tuft growing on dead wood, both vivid yellow-brown – “gardens of decay”, Peter said – and gatherings of ... «The Independent, Oct 13»
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Go Walk: Lackavrea Forest, Galway
... growing beside the boardwalk was enough to hold my interest, their names as curious as their shapes and textures: the deceiver, the sulphur tuft, the sickener. «Irish Times, Nov 12»
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Tour gives people one up on wild mushroom knowledge
“Cute,” the tour guide says as her students preen over a delicate clump of begonia-yellow sulphur tufts sprouting beside a well-trodden trail. “But look at how ... «Globe and Mail, Oct 12»
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Grow wild in the country
... turn for the sinister when Bill starts itemising some of the fungal bad boys: Death Caps and Destroying Angels, Sulphur Tufts and that great deceiver, the False ... «Irish Examiner, May 12»
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A guide to toadstools
Fungi such as sulphur tuft that can be found all year can appear similar, but the toadstools are sulphur yellow, the caps are smooth, with a darker centre, and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 11»
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Common fungi spreading as climate changes
... which is also edible, is often found under pine and birth trees while previously it was associated with only oak and beech trees and the poisonous sulphur tuft, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 11»
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Peter Ross: Forbidden fruit: mushroom picking gives you the Stinkhorn
We do discover, rooted to a rotting stump, a clump of what seems to be Honey Fungus, which is edible, but on closer examination turns out to be Sulphur Tuft, ... «Scotsman, Sep 08»

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