King Alfred's cake

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fungus of species Daldinia concentrica. uncountable

词源

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.
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