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Answer for the clue "Mushroom-shaped ", 9 letters:
fungiform

Word definitions for fungiform in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fungiform \Fun"gi*form\, a. [Eungus + -form: cf. F. fongiforme.] Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papill[ae] (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Having the shape of a mushroom.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"mushroom-shaped," 1801, from stem of fungus + -form .

Usage examples of fungiform.

It is now pretty satisfactorily established that the circumvallate, or fungiform papillae are the only ones concerned in the special sense of taste.