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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.
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
bracket fungus
/ brăk′ĭt /
- See shelf fungus
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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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