polypore

A type of fungus, typically woody and persistent at maturity, that has a spore-bearing surface located within tubes or pores, commonly found in the families Polyporaceae or Boletaceae.

• 🇫🇷Champignon lignicole, généralement vivace, dont la surface sporifère est constituée de tubes ou de pores, souvent classé dans les familles des Polyporaceae ou des Boletaceae.

1. Woody pore fungus C1 formal scientific

   A type of fungus that forms large, often woody fruiting bodies with pores on the underside, typically found on trees or decaying wood.

   • The polypore on the old oak tree was hard and shelf-like.
   • Many polypores are important decomposers in forest ecosystems.
   • The artist used a dried polypore as a canvas for painting.

   🇫🇷Polypore

   Synonymes: bracket fungusconkshelf fungus

• polypores plural form
• polypores' possessive plural form
• polypore's possessive singular form