Definition of fungus Fungus
/fʌˈŋgʌs/ - [funggus] - fun•gus
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| fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | ||
| being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" | ||
| fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants | ||
| pileus, cap a tight-fitting headdress | ||
| volva cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi | ||
| hymenium spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia | ||
| ceratostomella ulmi, dutch elm fungus fungus causing Dutch elm disease | ||
| claviceps purpurea, ergot a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid | ||
| black root rot fungus, xylaria mali fungus causing black root rot in apples | ||
| dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, xylaria polymorpha the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria | ||
| sclerotinia any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants | ||
| earthball, hard-skinned puffball, false truffle, puffball any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | ||
| stalked puffball a variety of Podaxaceae | ||
| false truffle any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle | ||
| slime mold, slime mould a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists | ||
| pond-scum parasite an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum | ||
| potato wart fungus, synchytrium endobioticum fungus causing potato wart disease in potato tubers | ||
| saprolegnia ferax, white fungus a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins) | ||
| white rust fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia | ||
| pythium any fungus of the genus Pythium | ||
| phytophthora citrophthora causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits | ||
| phytophthora infestans fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes | ||
| clubroot fungus, plasmodiophora brassicae a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants | ||
| earth-ball, truffle, earthnut creamy chocolate candy | ||
| coral fungus any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral | ||
| tooth fungus a fungus of the family Hydnaceae | ||
| lichen any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. | ||
| true fungus any of numerous fungi of the division Eumycota | ||
| basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota | ||
| chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, lentinus edodes, oriental black mushroom, shiitake, shiitake mushroom edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe | ||
| lentinus lepideus, scaly lentinus a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice | ||
| corticium salmonicolor, pink disease fungus fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc | ||
| bottom rot fungus, corticium solani fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce | ||
| pellicularia filamentosa, potato fungus, rhizoctinia solani fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers | ||
| coffee fungus, pellicularia koleroga fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants | ||
| volvaria bombycina a parasite on various trees | ||
| mycelium the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae | ||
| sac fungus any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus | ||
| ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus | ||
| yeast any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division | ||
| aspergillus fumigatus a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man | ||
| brown root rot fungus, thielavia basicola fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families | ||
| wynnea americana a fungus composed of several apothecia that look like elongated rabbit ears; the sterile surface is dark brown and warty; the fertile surface is smooth and pinkish orange | ||
| wynnea sparassoides a fungus with a long solid stalk embedded in soil and a yellow-brown head shaped like a cauliflower | ||
| false morel a fungus of the family Helvellaceae | ||
| lorchel a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae | ||
| gyromitra any fungus of the genus Gyromitra | ||
| gasteromycete, gastromycete any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes | ||
| carrion fungus, stinkhorn any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet" | ||
| true puffball, puffball any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | ||
| earthstar any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star | ||
| radiigera fuscogleba a fungus similar to an earthstar except that it does not open up; the spore mass is brown at maturity with a column of sterile tissue extending up into it | ||
| bird's-nest fungus any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores | ||
| gastrocybe lateritia a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends over and then downward; the cap then gelatinizes and a slimy mass containing the spores falls to the ground as the stalk collapses | ||
| macowanites americanus a small fungus with a fragile cap that cracks to expose the white context and a white stalk that is practically enclosed by the cap | ||
| gastroboletus scabrosus a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete | ||
| gastroboletus turbinatus a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete | ||
| grifola frondosa, hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, polyporus frondosus large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees | ||
| fomes igniarius, agaric a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside | ||
| bolete any fungus of the family Boletaceae | ||
| jelly fungus any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh | ||
| rust fungus, rust any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants | ||
| smut fungus, smut any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | ||
| felt fungus, septobasidium pseudopedicellatum fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States | ||
| mold, mould container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | ||
| mildew a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter | ||
| verticillium a fungus of the genus Verticillium | ||
| monilia any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia | ||
| candida any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida | ||
| blastomycete any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals | ||
| cercospora kopkei, yellow spot fungus fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia) | ||
| green smut fungus, ustilaginoidea virens fungus causing green smut in rice | ||
| dry rot a fungus causing dry rot | ||
| rhizoctinia any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fungus (Noun)
Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell wall s but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fungus (n.)
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. - fungus (n.)
A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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fungus
Nucleated usually filamentous, sporebearing organism devoid of chlorophyll.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fungus
fung′gus, n. one of the lowest of the great groups of cellular cryptogams, including mushrooms, toadstools, mould, &c.: proud-flesh formed on wounds:—pl. Fungi (fun′jī), or Funguses (fung′gus-ez).—adjs. Fung′al, Fungā′ceous, like a fungus; Fun′gic (′jik), Fun′giform, having the form of a fungus; Fungiv′orous, feeding on mushrooms; Fung′oid, resembling a mushroom.—ns. Fungol′ogist, a student of fungi; Fungol′ogy, the science of fungi; Fungos′ity, quality of being fungous.—adj. Fung′ous, of or like fungus: soft: spongy: growing suddenly: ephemeral. [L. fungus, a mushroom—Gr. sphonggos, sponggos, a sponge.]
Wikipedia 
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A Fungus (plural: Fungi) is a kind of living organism which is not a plant or an animal or a protist or a eubacteria or an archaebacteria. In the past, people thought fungi were plants. Some fungi are mushrooms, moulds and yeasts. A fungus breaks down the dead matter around it and uses it as food.
Reproduction.
Fungi reproduce sexually and asexually. Some fungi grow mushrooms (fruiting bodies), which have gills which make spores that will be used to make new fungi.
Fugal states.
Two fungal states exist: the unicellular or "yeast" form and the mycelial form.
Yeast form.
The yeast form is single-celled and reproduction occurs by simple budding or binary fission.
Mycelial form.
The mycelial form is the vegetative growth of filaments.
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