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bracket fungus

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various fungi of the family Polyporaceae, whose fruiting bodies form on trees and resemble shelves or brackets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2019, Katie Scott, Ester Gaya (editors), Fungarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Bonnier Books (Big Picture Press), While most mushrooms produce their spores inside gills, bracket fungi (or polypores) form sporing bodies with pores or tubes on their underside.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: polypore, shelf fungus

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shelf fungus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polypore, pore fungus, pore mushroom

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bullendër — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Armenian: աբեթասունկ (abetʻasunk) — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Assamese: কাঠফুলা (kathphula) — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多孔菌 — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Czech: choroš — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Estonian: torik — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Finnish: kääpä — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Hungarian: likacsosgomba — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Ingrian: kääpä — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Irish: bracfhungas — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Polish: huba — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Portuguese: poliporo — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Russian: трутови́к (trutovík) — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Spanish: poliporo — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Swedish: ticka — fungus of the family Polyporaceae
  • Turkish: katranköpüğü — fungus of the family Polyporaceae