I wondered if the word quorn might be related to quern, a grindstone. Turns out it is, but not the way I expected (i.e. nothing to do with grinding the fungus, just a coincidence of place names).
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Dun, Old English for Hill, where cweorn, Old English for millstones, are quarried.
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Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008.
Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.
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