bracket fungus

noun

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

bracket fungus

noun

1. 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

bracket fungus

1. See shelf fungus

Word History and Origins

Origin of bracket fungus¹

First recorded in 1895–1900