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blue mold fungus

blue mold fungus

8.0
A disease that makes a bluish-grey growth on the lower side of tobacco leaves and damages the plants
  • noun
  • /blu moʊld ˈfʌŋɡəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hongo del moho azul
  • The outbreak of blue mold fungus threatened the region's entire tobacco crop.

Examples

  • Researchers are developing resistant strains to combat blue mold fungus.

  • The blue mold fungus can devastate tobacco crops.

  • Blue mold fungus is particularly destructive during humid, rainy weather.

  • Farmers often struggle with blue mold fungi during wet seasons.

  • Blue mold fungus can cause severe damage to tobacco plants if not controlled.

  • The presence of blue mold fungus on the leaves indicates a serious threat to the harvest.

  • Farmers must monitor their crops for blue mold fungus to prevent widespread loss.

Synonyms

Peronospora tabacina
vsblue mold fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungus that causes a serious disease in tobacco plants by making bluish grey mildew under the leaves

is a general name for the disease causing fungus rather than a named species
Peronospora hyoscyami
vsblue mold fungus
  • Specialized
9.9

A fungus that causes a white, fuzzy disease on growing tobacco plants

focuses on bluish grey mildew on leaf undersides rather than general downy mildew

Surface Forms

blue mold fungus singular
blue mold fungi plural

Morphology

blue + mold + fungus

The phrase is a straightforward descriptive compound: 'blue' (color) + 'mold' (a fuzzy fungus) + 'fungus' (organism), so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer it refers to a moldy/ fungal organism that is blue or produces blueish mildew on plants. This composition follows normal English noun-compounding and is cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Blue mold fungus comes from what farmers saw: a soft, bluish-grey mold growing on the underside of tobacco leaves. The words blue, mold, and fungus describe that visible patch, so the name now means the 'disease' that can destroy a crop.