A fungus which forms shelflike projections on the trunks of living or dead trees, sending hyphae into the wood and sometimes causing the death of the tree or decay of the timber.
檐状菌，多孔菌
Several families in the order Aphyllophorales, class Hymenomycetes
Example sentencesExamples
Two new records of Ceracis cornifer (Mellié) in the Southeast Region of Brazil are presented here, describing the association of this species with the bracket fungus Pycnoporus sanguineus.
Here you can see the basidiocarp of the bracket fungus growing on the trunk of this tree.
Taken on September 7th in the woods near our house in Kilcolgan, this is obviously some form of bracket fungus.
It is a sessile wood inhabiting fungus and is commonly known as ‘bracket fungus’.
The artist's conk is a particular kind of bracket fungus, Ganoderma applanata.
Definition of bracket fungus in US English:
bracket fungus
noun
A fungus that grows on living trees or dead wood, forming one or more shelflike projections that are the spore-producing bodies. Hyphae spread through the wood absorbing nutrients and can cause the death of the tree.
Several families (formerly in the order Aphyllophorales), class Basidiomycetes
Example sentencesExamples
The artist's conk is a particular kind of bracket fungus, Ganoderma applanata.
Taken on September 7th in the woods near our house in Kilcolgan, this is obviously some form of bracket fungus.
Here you can see the basidiocarp of the bracket fungus growing on the trunk of this tree.
It is a sessile wood inhabiting fungus and is commonly known as ‘bracket fungus’.
Two new records of Ceracis cornifer (Mellié) in the Southeast Region of Brazil are presented here, describing the association of this species with the bracket fungus Pycnoporus sanguineus.