bracket fungus

noun

the leathery, corky, or woody, shelflike basidiocarp of certain wood-rotting fungi that form on tree trunks, lumber, etc.; conk.

Origin of bracket fungus

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby bracket fungus

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How to use bracket fungus in a sentence

Another fungus which does much harm to the few trees found in large towns and cities is the shelf or bracket fungus.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for bracket fungus

bracket fungus

noun

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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Scientific definitions for bracket fungus

bracket fungus

[ brăk′ĭt ]

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