bracket fungus

bracket fungus

n.

Any of various fungi that form shelflike growths on tree trunks and wood structures. Also called shelf fungus.

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bracket fungus

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket

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bracket fungus  (brkt)

See shelf fungus.

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Noun

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bracket fungus - a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures shelf fungus polypore, pore fungus, pore mushroom - woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent