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fungus

fungus

84 3.1
A living thing like a mushroom or mold that feeds on dead plants and food
  • noun
  • /ˈfʌŋɡəs/
  • Specialized
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  • After the rain, the garden was covered in various types of fungus growing on the fallen leaves.
  • pathogenic fungus
  • fungus causes
  • fungus causes rot

The next principle is that all of the fungi, any fungus, hates sunlight.

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Examples

  • The next principle is that all of the fungi, any fungus, hates sunlight.

  • But on the Atlantic Coast, I got a fungus, a skin disease, that covered my whole arm.

    Academic text (1991)
  • "And furthermore, that you two believe this fungus to be responsible for their condition."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Could you use that toe fungus liquid on your big toe?

  • "It's impossible to identify the type of fungus by sight, so we use DNA fingerprinting."

    Academic text (1994)
  • Only a small patch of white fungus remained on the left side of his groin.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • It's a soil borne fungus and so all soils have it.

  • The Asian chestnut trees could tolerate that fungus, but the American could not.

  • Instead, the ants use them to sustain their fungus, which in turn sustains the colony.

  • The aggregated hyphal network of an individual fungus is referred to as a mycelium.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

true fungus
vsfungus
  • Specialized
7.0

A living thing like a mushroom or mold with cell walls made of chitin that makes spores

is the broad biological kingdom that lacks chlorophyll and feeds on organic matter

Compounds

fungus gnat
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A small dark fly whose young eat mushrooms and can damage plant roots

A large mushroom you can eat with a flat reddish cap that looks like raw meat

blue mold fungus
  • Specialized
8.0

A disease that makes a bluish-grey growth on the lower side of tobacco leaves and damages the plants

bird's-nest fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A small cup-shaped fungus that looks like a tiny nest of eggs

black root rot fungus
  • Specialized
8.5

A fungus that attacks the roots of apple trees and makes them rot

bottom rot fungus
  • Specialized
8.7

A fungus that makes the lower parts of lettuce and other plants rot

bracket fungus
  • Specialized
7.9

A fungus that makes hard shelf shapes on tree trunks and other wood

brown root rot fungus
  • Specialized
7.4

A fungus that infects plant roots and causes brown rot in crops like peas or potatoes

carrion fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungus that smells like rotten meat to attract insects

coffee fungus
  • Specialized
7.1

A tiny living thing that makes coffee plants and other tropical crops sick

club fungus
  • Specialized
9.4

A fungus with a club-shaped top that makes spores, often on dead wood

clubroot fungus
  • Specialized
9.0

A soil fungus that makes cabbage or broccoli roots swell and plants weak

A mushroom-like organism with branching stems that looks like coral and is often bright in color

cup fungus
  • Specialized
8.1

A small fungus with a cup-shaped body that holds spores

damping off fungus
  • Specialized
7.9

A fungus that kills young seedlings in wet soil

A small edible mushroom shaped like a thin ear that grows on dead wood

Dutch elm fungus
  • Specialized
6.5

A fungus that causes a disease that kills elm trees

ascomycetous fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungus that makes spores inside a small sac

face fungus
  • Slang
8.8

Hair that people grow near the mouth and chin, like a beard

9.9

A soft, felt-like white growth on twigs and branches, often on orange trees

flag smut fungus
  • Specialized
9.0

A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark streaks and black dust

flax rust fungus
  • Specialized
8.7

A fungus that causes orange spots on flax leaves and damages plants

fungus kingdom
  • Specialized
6.3

A group of living things like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts that are not plants

fungus family
  • Specialized
6.6

A named group of related living things like mushrooms or molds used in biology to show close relation

leak fungus
  • Specialized
9.8

A mold that makes fruit and vegetables soft and watery and makes dry rot rings on sweet potato roots

gill fungus
  • Specialized
9.3

A mushroom with thin plates under its cap that release spores

green smut fungus
  • Specialized
8.9

A fungus that attacks rice plants and makes green patches

An edible mushroom with honey-colored caps that grows at tree bases and must be cooked before eating

honey fungus
  • Specialized
7.0

A very large fungus made of connected underground parts that spreads and kills trees

A large poisonous mushroom with orange caps that grows in tight groups and gills that glow in the dark

jelly fungus
  • Specialized
7.9

A soft, jelly-like growth on dead wood that some people eat

ring rot fungus
  • Specialized
8.0

A small living thing that makes fruits and vegetables rot, often making dry rings near sweet potato roots

ring-stalked fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A mushroom with gills and a ring on its stem that makes brown spores

rust fungus
  • Specialized
6.5

A tiny living thing that makes red or brown spots on plants

sac fungus
  • Specialized
7.9

A fungus that makes spores inside a small bag, like yeast or morels

A bright orange cup-shaped growth on the ground that looks like an orange peel

An edible mushroom with a soft grey cap that grows in layers on dead wood

pink disease fungus
  • Australian
9.5

A fungus that causes pink disease in plants like citrus, coffee, and rubber trees

pore fungus
  • Specialized
9.1

A kind of mushroom that grows on dead wood and has a pore-covered surface that releases spores

potato fungus
  • Specialized
4.4

A fungus that attacks potatoes and makes black spots on the tubers

potato wart fungus
  • Specialized
7.5

A fungus that makes wart-like lumps on potatoes

tooth fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A mushroom with small spines under its cap instead of gills

true fungus
  • Specialized
7.0

A living thing like a mushroom or mold with cell walls made of chitin that makes spores

A hard fungus that grows in flat, shelf-like shapes on trees or dead wood

shoestring fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungus that makes brown string-like threads underground and kills trees by attacking their roots

smut fungus
  • Specialized
7.9

A small living thing that grows on plants and makes black dusty spots often on wheat or corn

urn fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungus with a small cup-shaped body and a very dark inside

A white, cotton-like growth that appears on fish and their eggs when the fish are sick

yellow spot fungus
  • Australian
8.4

A fungus that makes yellow spots on sugarcane leaves and harms the crop

Surface Forms

fungus singular
fungi plural

Etymology

Fungus comes from the Latin word fungus, which meant 'mushroom' and might come from a Greek word for 'sponge' because some mushrooms look sponge-like. So today fungus is the name for mushroom-like living things such as molds and yeast.