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bracket fungus

noun

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

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Nearby words

  1. bracket,
  2. bracket clock,
  3. bracket creep,
  4. bracket foot,
  5. bracket fungi,
  6. bracket saw,
  7. bracketing,
  8. bracketology,
  9. brackets,
  10. brackett series

Origin of bracket fungus

First recorded in 1895–1900
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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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Science definitions for bracket fungus

bracket fungus

[ brăk′ĭt ]

See shelf fungus.
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