A bracket fungus(Pycnoporus sp.) with a tough, woody cap
Bracket fungi, or shelf fungus, are fungi notable for bearing fruiting bodies (conk) as or in a "bracket": a grouping of individual mushroom caps that lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. Brackets can range from only a single row of a few caps, to dozens of rows of caps that can weigh several hundred pounds. Many types of bracket fungi are polypores.
Fungi that are intimately associated with roots of higher plants form mycorrhiza, a specialized type of hyphal growth in which a portion of the mycelium either wraps itself around the tips of roots, forming a velvety white cover, or penetrates into the cortex of the root.
The morels, truffles, and cup fungi are well-known ascomata, with asci borne at the upper surface.
Tooth fungi, Hydnaceae, have the hymenium on spiny outgrowths.
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