club foot

noun

• 1a deformed foot which is twisted so that the sole cannot be placed flat on the ground. Also called talipes.

• 2a woodland toadstool with a greyish-brown cap, pale yellow gills, and a stem with a swollen woolly base, found in both Eurasia and North America.

  • Clitocybe clavipes, family Tricholomataceae, class Hymenomycetes