mushroomy

mushroom +‎ -y

mushroomy (comparative more mushroomy, superlative most mushroomy)

1. 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.

2. 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.