shelf fungus

1. Any of various basidiomycete fungi that form shelflike carpophores (spore-bearing structures) on tree trunks or decaying wood.

2. Also called bracket fungus

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I found some shelf fungus growing on a dead tree and ate it after washing it in the pool.

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People will also poach deer, as well as ginseng, wild onions and shelf fungus.

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Fabricating the Guggenheim Museum out of shelf fungus is an act of “caricature,” Mr. Busse said.

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“I always wonder which came first: the fungus or the building,” he said of Mr. Busse’s museum, which uses large chunks of shelf fungus for the curving rotunda.

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“You can imagine Paul walking around the woods in Kentucky and seeing a shelf fungus, and the Guggenheim pops into his head.”

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