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bracket fungi

bracket fungi is the plural of bracket fungus.

Meaning of bracket fungus

Noun

bracket fungus (plural bracket fungi)

  1. 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...1921 February, Anthony E. Zipprich, “Drawing on Fungus-a Novel and Pleasing Art”, in Popular Science, volume 98, number 2, Modern Publishing Company, page 128

Questions about bracket fungi

What is bracket fungi the plural of?
Bracket fungi is the plural of bracket fungus.

Words near bracket fungi in the dictionary

  1. bracket buster
  2. bracket busters
  3. bracket clock
  4. bracket clocks
  5. bracket creep
  6. bracket fungi
  7. bracket fungus
  8. bracket race
  9. bracket racer
  10. bracket racers
  11. bracket races

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