shelf fungus

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   a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures

   Synonymsbracket fungus

   Broaderpolypore

Questions about shelf fungus

What does shelf fungus mean?

shelf fungus means "a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures".

What is another word for shelf fungus?

Close synonyms include bracket fungus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shelf fungus a common word?

shelf fungus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.