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  • Depending on the origin of the strain, it can vary in flavour from the light, citrus-like tang of fresh-cut tangerines to a musky, mushroom-like richness.

    Watching grass grow – now that's what I call a job | William Breathes 2011

  • It had a mushroom-like texture, but not as rubbery.

    That was a cooked snail on my fork AYDIN 2009

  • The Quorn "chicken cutlets" are chewy like chicken and have a mushroom-like flavor.

    Food Activist Fired Up Over 'Quorn' Thomas M. Burton 2011

  • In the middle of Höller's extraordinary exhibit is a 'floating hotel room' on a mushroom-like platform, giving more adventurous visitors a chance to fully immerse themselves in the experience of soma by spending the night in the museum.

    Kiša Lala: ANIMALISTIC ART: Carsten Höller's Reindeers on Mushrooms Kiša Lala 2010

  • In the middle of Höller's extraordinary exhibit is a 'floating hotel room' on a mushroom-like platform, giving more adventurous visitors a chance to fully immerse themselves in the experience of soma by spending the night in the museum.

    Kiša Lala: ANIMALISTIC ART: Carsten Höller's Reindeers on Mushrooms Kiša Lala 2010

  • A good pinot noir from the Finger Lakes has a musty, mushroom-like nose and a delicate cherry or raspberry taste that can really linger.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2007

  • Walking towards the entrance in my brilliant white uniform, I passed one geezer shaking his fist at the valley below, which was being taken over by surreal, mushroom-like condos.

    The Fat Lady Sang 2009

  • Symptoms associated with plant diseases may include the presence of mushroom-like growths on trunks of trees; leaves with a grayish mildewy appearance; spots on leaves, flowers, and fruits; sudden wilting or death of a plant or branch; sap exuding from branches or trunks of trees; and stunted growth.

    Pest management 2009

  • A good pinot noir from the Finger Lakes has a musty, mushroom-like nose and a delicate cherry or raspberry taste that can really linger.

    Visiting the Finger Lakes: Part 2 2007

  • Although the tribes of Central America have prized this mushroom-like delicacy for centuries despite its faintly cancerous look, Europeans saw it as disease when they came to the New World.

    Flora Lazar: Corn Porn: Learning to Love Smut 2008

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