bracket fungus

American  

noun

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

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bracket fungus British  

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

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bracket fungus Scientific  

/ brăk′ĭt /

1. See shelf fungus

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Etymology

Origin of bracket fungus

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

On the mantel were a tail feather from a black vulture, a bracket fungus, and an owl carved from jetsam whalebone that someone had sent to help him see in the dark.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 10, 2017