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

Example Sentences

Then there was a tremor in the shelf-fungus on which he lay.

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He thought of the leaves of the palm tree, the white under surface of the shelf fungus.

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Then he felt himself drawn upward as the crayfish disgustedly released its hold and the shelf-fungus floated slowly upward.

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Burl laughed again as a particularly large lump of shelf-fungus narrowly missed the black-and-silver figure below.

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The agglomeration of cranky, unseaworthy bits of shelf-fungus moved slowly out from the shore until the current caught it.

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