The fruiting body (mushroom) of certain fungi often appearing on the stems of dead or dying trees and down logs.
Woody or leathery spore-producing body of wood decay fungi, generally forming on the external surface of branches and trunks.
The basidiocarp of a wood-decaying fungus, usually a polypore. ( 21)
A fruiting body of a wood decay fungus that bears basidia.
The large, often bracket-like fruiting bodies of wood-consuming fungi (Basidiomycetes).
The visible fruiting body of a wood-rotting fungus, especially of the family Polyporaceae, usually indicating well established rot in the underlying wood.