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noun
A fungus of species Daldinia concentrica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: cramp balls, coal fungus
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the resemblance of the round, black fungus to the burned cakes in a legend according to which King Alfred, hiding out in a countryside homestead during war, was put in charge of some baking cakes and accidentally let them burn.
