fungus : Idioms & Phrases

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ascomycetous fungus

  • noun any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
    ascomycete.
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beefsteak fungus

  • noun a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States
    Fistulina hepatica.
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bird's-nest fungus

  • noun any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
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black root rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing black root rot in apples
    Xylaria mali.
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blue mold fungus

  • noun fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves
    Peronospora tabacina.
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bottom rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce
    Corticium solani.
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bracket fungus

  • noun a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures
    bracket fungus.
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brown root rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
    Thielavia basicola.
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carrion fungus

  • noun any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
    stinkhorn.
    • the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet
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club fungus

  • noun a club-shaped coral fungus
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clubroot fungus

  • noun a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants
    Plasmodiophora brassicae.
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coffee fungus

  • noun fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
    Pellicularia koleroga.
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coral fungus

  • noun any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral
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cup fungus

  • noun any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
    discomycete.
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damping off fungus

  • noun fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings
    Pythium debaryanum.
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dutch elm fungus

  • noun fungus causing Dutch elm disease
    Ceratostomella ulmi.
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ear fungus

  • noun widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood
    Jew's-ears; Jew's-ear; Auricularia auricula.
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face fungus

  • noun the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
    whiskers; beard.
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felt fungus

  • noun fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States
    Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum.
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flag smut fungus

  • noun a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
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flax rust fungus

  • noun fungus causing flax rust
    Melampsora lini; flax rust.
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fungus family

  • noun includes lichen families
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fungus genus

  • noun includes lichen genera
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fungus gnat

  • noun minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
    sciarid; sciara.
  • noun mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
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fungus kingdom

  • noun the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
    kingdom Fungi; Fungi.
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fungus order

  • noun the order of fungi
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gill fungus

  • noun a basidiomycete with gills
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Grape fungus

  • (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on grapevines; vine mildew.
Webster 1913

green smut fungus

  • noun fungus causing green smut in rice
    Ustilaginoidea virens.
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honey fungus

  • noun a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
    honey mushroom; Armillariella mellea.
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jack-o-lantern fungus

  • noun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
    Omphalotus illudens; jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern.
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jelly fungus

  • noun any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh
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leak fungus

  • noun fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes
    Rhizopus stolonifer; leak fungus.
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orange peel fungus

  • noun a discomycete with bright orange cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting bodies and pale orange exteriors
    Aleuria aurantia.
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oyster fungus

  • noun edible agaric with a soft greyish cap growing in shelving masses on dead wood
    Pleurotus ostreatus; oyster mushroom; oyster agaric.
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pink disease fungus

  • noun fungus causing pink disease in citrus and coffee and rubber trees etc
    Corticium salmonicolor.
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pore fungus

  • noun woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent
    pore mushroom; polypore.
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potato fungus

  • noun fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
    Pellicularia filamentosa; Rhizoctinia solani.
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potato wart fungus

  • noun fungus causing potato wart disease in potato tubers
    Synchytrium endobioticum.
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ring rot fungus

  • noun fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes
    Rhizopus stolonifer; leak fungus.
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ring-stalked fungus

  • noun genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae
    Stropharia; genus Stropharia.
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rust fungus

  • noun any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants
    rust.
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sac fungus

  • noun any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus
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shelf fungus

  • noun a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures
    bracket fungus.
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shoestring fungus

  • noun any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples
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smut fungus

  • noun any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
    smut.
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tooth fungus

  • noun a fungus of the family Hydnaceae
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true fungus

  • noun any of numerous fungi of the division Eumycota
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urn fungus

  • noun an urn-shaped discomycete with a nearly black interior
    Urnula craterium.
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white fungus

  • noun 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)
    Saprolegnia ferax.
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yellow spot fungus

  • noun fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)
    Cercospora kopkei.
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