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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

Farther up the hillside, we discovered a stump with two kinds of bracket fungi growing on it.

Among the fungus species that researchers found were bracket fungi, puffballs, and true mushrooms, many of which are brightly colored to look like flowers and attract animals that help spread fungal spores in their droppings.

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.

In living trees the mycelium of certain bracket fungi enters through a wound and grows into the heart wood.

Fungi in Abandoned Coal Mines.—Mushrooms and bracket fungi grow in great profusion on the wood props or doors in abandoned coal mines, cement mines, etc.

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