Many have ridged undersides, however. They grow on soil or on leaf litter. Teeth Fungi Instead of gills or tubes on the fertile undersurface of the fruitbodies, teeth fungi have spiked tooth-like projections. These tough, often leathery growths mainly appear on dead trees and occasionally on living trees. Many take the form of brackets projecting horozontally from the host wood.
Most polypores are perennial and very hard, but a small minority are soft fleshy annuals.
Jelly Fungi fruitbodies of these fungi are gelatinous in texture, often contorted into strange shapes due to proximity of neighbouring fruitbodies. They may be ear-shaped, occasionally erect or even branched like coral fungi. The fertile material develops inside a spherical or pear-shaped fruitbody which splits open to release powdery spores. They grow either on the ground or on rotting wood. Cup Fungi Cup fungi grow on timber, wood, soil or occasionally on concrete paths.