Meanings
plural brain mushrooms
- A fungus common in Europe and North America and one of several species of fungi known as false morels, especially Gyromitra esculenta.
Synonyms: lorchel, turban fungus
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fungus common in Europe and North America and one of several species of fungi known as false morels, especially Gyromitra esculenta.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan bolet de greix
- bolet de greixfungus
Estonian kevadkogrits
- kevadkogritsfungus
Finnish korvasieni
- korvasienifungus
French fausse morille ft
- fausse morille ftfungus
German Frühjahrslorchel, Frühlorchel
- Frühjahrslorchelfungus
- Frühlorchelfungus
- Giftlorchelfungus
Italian spongino, spugnola bastarda
- sponginofungus
- spugnola bastardafungus
- spugnola falsafungus
- falsa morchellafungus
- marugolafungus
Polish piestrzenica kasztanowata
- piestrzenica kasztanowatafungus
Russian строчо́к обыкнове́нный
- строчо́к обыкнове́нный (stročók obyknovénnyj)fungus
Spanish falsa colmenilla
- falsa colmenillafungus
Swedish stenmurkla
- stenmurklafungus
Cite this entry
brain mushroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20mushroom
“brain mushroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20mushroom. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brain mushroom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20mushroom.
Source: brain mushroom on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.