Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shelf_fungus
1 sense of shelf fungus
Sense 1
bracket fungus, shelf fungus -- (a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures)
=> 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)