mushroomed
Grew very quickly
Mushroomed is the past tense of mushroom, meaning to expand or spread rapidly, like a mushroom sprouting overnight: The small protest mushroomed into a nationwide movement.
The image often suggests something growing quickly and unexpectedly, sometimes alarmingly: Costs mushroomed beyond all projections.
Burst violently outward
- surgedIncreased suddenly and forcefully
- boomedGrew rapidly or resounded
- proliferatedIncreased rapidly in quantity
- skyrocketedRose sharply and suddenly
ballooned · snowballed · escalated · multiplied · burgeoned · spiked · soared · rocketed
Made larger or wider
- dispersedSpread widely apart
- disseminatedSpread widely abroad
- propagatedSpread or reproduced widely
- diffusedSpread widely around
permeated · radiated · scattered · extended · widened · branched · ramified · metastasized
Aquatic respiratory organs
- capCovering for top
- stemPlant's central axis
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
- agaricGilled, capped fungus
bolete · chanterelle · truffle · shiitake · porcini · morel · psilocybin · hyphae
exploded
Burst violently outward
- surgedIncreased suddenly and forcefully
- boomedGrew rapidly or resounded
- proliferatedIncreased rapidly in quantity
skyrocketed · ballooned · snowballed · escalated · multiplied · burgeoned · spiked · soared · rocketed · accelerated
expanded
Made larger or wider
- dispersedSpread widely apart
- disseminatedSpread widely abroad
- propagatedSpread or reproduced widely
diffused · permeated · radiated · scattered · extended · widened · branched · ramified · metastasized · infiltrated
gills
Aquatic respiratory organs
agaric · bolete · chanterelle · truffle · shiitake · porcini · morel · psilocybin · hyphae · fruiting
underbrush
Dense low forest vegetation
weeds · vines · ferns · moss · nettles · vegetation · foliage · forest · wilderness · undergrowth
- mushroom cloudDistinctive nuclear blast formation
- magic mushroomsPsychoactive fungi causing hallucinations
- wild mushroomsUncultivated fungal growths
- mushroom soupBroth made from fungi
- button mushroomCommon cultivated edible fungus
- mushroom huntingSearching forests for edible fungi