SHELF FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shelf fungus mean? 

• SHELF FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun SHELF FUNGUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHELF FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHELF FUNGUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bracket fungus; shelf fungus

Hypernyms ("shelf fungus" is a kind of...):

polypore; pore fungus; pore mushroom (woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent)