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Definitions for: Fungus
[n] Any of numerous eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms.
Webster (1913) Definition: Fun"gus, n.; pl. L. Fungi, E. Funguses. [L., a
mushroom; perh. akin to a doubtful Gr. ? sponge, for ?;if so,
cf. E. sponge.]
1. (Bot.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex
group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds,
mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls,
and the allies of each.
Note: The fungi are all destitute of chorophyll, and,
therefore, to be supplied with elaborated nourishment,
must live as saprophytes or parasites. They range in
size from single microscopic cells to systems of
entangled threads many feet in extent, which develop
reproductive bodies as large as a man's head. The
vegetative system consists of septate or rarely
unseptate filaments called hyph[ae]; the aggregation of
hyph[ae] into structures of more or less definite form
is known as the mycelium. See Fungi, in the Supplement.
2. (Med.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal
bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds. --Hoblyn.
See Also: ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus, basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi, bird's-nest fungus, black root rot fungus, bottom rot fungus, brown root rot fungus, cap, carrion fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, Chinese black mushroom, Claviceps purpurea, clubroot fungus, coffee fungus, coral fungus, Corticium salmonicolor, Corticium solani, dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Dutch elm fungus, earthball, earth-ball, earthnut, earthstar, ergot, false morel, false truffle, flora, Fungi, fungus kingdom, gasteromycete, Gastroboletus scabrosus, Gastrocybe lateritia, gastromycete, golden oak mushroom, gyromitra, hard-skinned puffball, hymenium, kingdom Fungi, Lentinus edodes, Lentinus lepideus, lichen, lorchel, Macowanites americanus, mycelium, Oriental black mushroom, Pellicularia filamentosa, Pellicularia koleroga, Phytophthora citrophthora, Phytophthora infestans, pileus, pink disease fungus, plant, plant life, Plasmodiophora brassicae, pond-scum parasite, potato fungus, potato wart fungus, puffball, pythium, Radiigera fuscogleba, Rhizoctinia solani, sac fungus, Saprolegnia ferax, scaly lentinus, sclerotinia, shiitake, shiitake mushroom, slime mold, slime mould, stalked puffball, stinkhorn, Synchytrium endobioticum, Thielavia basicola, tooth fungus, true fungus, true puffball, truffle, volva, Volvaria bombycina, white fungus, white rust, Wynnea americana, Wynnea sparassoides, Xylaria mali, Xylaria polymorpha, yeast
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