Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfur tuft

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fur tuft
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).

Example Sentences

"The fasciculol poisons in the sulfur tuft damage the stomach and intestines, causing vomiting and diarrhea."
"Finally, the mass appearance of fungi species such as sticky buns (Suillus luteus), sulfur tufts (Hypholoma fasciculare) or, slightly later, chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius) and porcinis (Boletus edulis) would not be possible (Figure 6)."
"The sulfur tuft [Hypholoma fasciculare (Huds.) P. Kumm.] has been associated with mushroom poisoning,^(8,9) but the toxic constituents have not been identified."

Inflected Forms

sulfur tufts (plural) sulphur tuft (alternative)

Questions

What does sulfur tuft mean?: A yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).

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