Noun fungus has 1 sense
  1. fungus - a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
    --1 is a kind of
    plant, flora, plant life
    --1 is a member of Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom
    --1 has parts: cap, pileus; volva; hymenium; mycelium
    --1 has particulars:
     Dutch elm fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi; ergot, Claviceps purpurea; black root rot fungus, Xylaria mali; dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha; sclerotinia; earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball; stalked puffball; false truffle; slime mold, slime mould; pond-scum parasite; potato wart fungus, Synchytrium endobioticum; white fungus, Saprolegnia ferax; white rust; pythium; Phytophthora citrophthora; Phytophthora infestans; clubroot fungus, Plasmodiophora brassicae; truffle, earthnut, earth-ball; coral fungus; tooth fungus; lichen; true fungus; basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi; shiitake, shiitake mushroom, Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, Lentinus edodes; scaly lentinus, Lentinus lepideus; pink disease fungus, Corticium salmonicolor; bottom rot fungus, Corticium solani; potato fungus, Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solani; coffee fungus, Pellicularia koleroga; Volvaria bombycina; sac fungus; ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus; yeast; Aspergillus fumigatus; brown root rot fungus, Thielavia basicola; Wynnea americana; Wynnea sparassoides; false morel; lorchel; gyromitra; gasteromycete, gastromycete; stinkhorn, carrion fungus; puffball, true puffball; earthstar; Radiigera fuscogleba; bird's-nest fungus; Gastrocybe lateritia; Macowanites americanus; Gastroboletus scabrosus; Gastroboletus turbinatus; hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa; agaric, Fomes igniarius; bolete; jelly fungus; rust, rust fungus; smut, smut fungus; felt fungus, Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum; mold, mould; mildew; verticillium; monilia; candida; blastomycete; yellow spot fungus, Cercospora kopkei; green smut fungus, Ustilaginoidea virens; dry rot; rhizoctinia; earthtongue, earth-tongue
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