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  • A particular mushroom that he found up there was a member of the boletus family and was probably a Phaeogyroporus portentosus, which is one enormous mushroom, with a cap that can be over 100 cm 39 and weigh many kilos.

    At My Table 2006

  • A particular mushroom that he found up there was a member of the boletus family and was probably a Phaeogyroporus portentosus, which is one enormous mushroom, with a cap that can be over 100 cm 39 and weigh many kilos.

    Archive 2006-05-01 2006

  • Portentous is from Latin portentosus, from portendere, to stretch out before or into the future, to predict, from Other Delivery Options:

    Dictionary.com Word of the Day 2010

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