bracket fungus
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bracket fungus
noun bracket fungi
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Any of various fungi of the family Polyporaceae, whose fruiting bodies form on trees and resemble shelves or brackets.
One class, bracket fungus, may be used for decorative purposes. Pictures may be drawn on its flat surface. The bracket fungus is found most often in the shape of a semicircular bracket, varying in size from 1 in. to 2 ft. in diameter and attached to dead stumps and fallen logs—beech-trees particular
Similar: polypore, shelf fungus
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title = {bracket fungus},
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