Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bracket-fungus .
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Examples
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When her bag was full, she tied it off, put it in the basket, and went in search of flea-wort, a kind of shelf-fungus that grew on the fallen bodies of winter-killed trees.
Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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He honestly, truly, tried to keep from going too far away, but he couldn't find any of the shelf-fungus growing near at hand, and he really hadn't expected to.
Owlflight Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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Mycofoetida was a fungus, a particularly noxious shelf-fungus with a perfectly nauseating aroma when fresh-picked.
Owlflight Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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