the fruiting body of certain fungi, typically having the form of a domed cap on a stalk, with gills on the underside of the cap

she sautéed the mushrooms in butter

mushroom soup

a pale pinkish-brown colour

a mushroom leather bag

increase, spread, or develop rapidly

environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s

form a shape resembling that of a mushroom

the grenade mushroomed into red fire as it hit the hillside

gather mushrooms

the water's still pumped from a well and the chefs go mushrooming in the woods