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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


bracket fungus

/ brăkĭt /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bracket fungus1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Another fungus which does much harm to the few trees found in large towns and cities is the shelf or bracket fungus.

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