mushroomy

English edit

mushroomy (comparative more mushroomy, superlative most mushroomy)

Resembling or characteristic of mushrooms.
the mushroomy smell of the old cellar
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 18:
  It grew steadily colder and presently a mushroomy sort of smell came up from the darkness.
Flavoured with mushrooms.
Synonym: mushroomed
- 1993 November 10, Donna Deane, “Warm up to autumn entertaining”, in Herald Statesman, page 1B:
  What follows are simple party recipes that are naturals for casual indoor entertaining: endive stuffed with garlicky goat cheese, herbs and sun-dried tomatoes; a mushroomy pasta salad; asparagus, lima beans, leeks and fennel tossed in an all-green salad; a grilled vegetable sandwich; a fig upside-down cake, and, of course, brownies.
- 2010 October 13, Alice-Azania Jarvis, “Fancy a Malaysian?”, in The Independent, number 7,489, page 44:
  In a cool, colonial dining room overlooking the Malacca river, he demonstrates three such recipes: a mellow, mushroomy chicken curry (ayam pong the), a fiery okra salad (sambal bendeh), and – a personal favourite – a spicy, oniony shrimp-paste omelette (cincalock omelette).
- 2012, Anne Warren Smith, Bittersweet Summer, Chicago, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Company, →ISBN, page 131:
  I folded my mushroomy pizza into my paper napkin and pushed it away from me along with dreams of Mom bringing pancakes to the table or baking cookies.