2. (noun) clubmoss, Lycopodium spp - scrambling or epiphytic plants of various species. Main stems are usually long-creeping, branched and underground. Aerial stems fork repeatedly and are narrow. Small leaves spirally arranged around stem or flattened into one plane.
See also mātukutuku
Synonyms: mātukutuku, kohukohu, kōpuru, pūkahukahu, pūkohukohu, rimu, pūkohu
harore
1. (noun) mushroom, fungus - a general term, Pholiota adiposa - the cap of this mushroom is often large, orange-yellow, rusty-coloured at the centre, becoming lighter towards the edges and covered with small brownish scales. Common on trees in summer to autumn.
Ka kohia e ngā pakeke he harore hai hoko ki ngā Hainamana (Ng 1993:171). / The old folk collected fungus to sell to the Chinese.
harore rangitahi
1. (noun) short-lived mushroom.
Kīia ai ngā tāngata kore take ki te mahi, he ‘harore rangitahi’ (Te ara 2014). / People who only made a small effort were called ‘he harore rangitahi’ (a mushroom that only lasted a day).
See also rangitahi
poroharore
1. (verb) to have a convex end, have a rounded end - like a mushroom and used to describe the shape of a pestle or pounder.
Ka mahia tērā atu pito o te kuru kia poroharore, kia pai ai te pehu i ngā kai (PK 2008:671). / That other end of the pestle was made to be rounded so that it was suitable for pounding food.
