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A bracket shaped fruiting body is a convenient shape for fungi that grow on logs. The goal of the mushroom/fruiting body is to allow spores to disperse. A puff ball can "puff" out spores when a rain drop hits it. Some fungi are adapted for spores to be dispersed by wind or animals. Those species that fruit on logs require their spores to be released from the "spore surface", fall, and be carried away by the wind. The bracket shape allows for the spore surface to be facing downward to take advantage of gravity when the spores are ready to fall out.
The log is a substrate, just like soil or old bread, that the fungus uses as a food source.
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