fungus
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1. an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | being, organism, |
| definition | : | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | claviceps purpurea, ergot, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sclerotinia, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stalked puffball, |
| definition | : | mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | false truffle, |
| definition | : | any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | slime mold, slime mould, |
| definition | : | a naked mass of protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; sometimes classified as protoctists (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pond-scum parasite, |
| definition | : | an aquatic fungus of genus Synchytriaceae that is parasitic on pond scum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | saprolegnia ferax, white fungus, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | white rust, |
| definition | : | fungus causing a disease characterized by a white powdery mass of conidia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pythium, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the genus Pythium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | phytophthora infestans, |
| definition | : | fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | earth-ball, earthnut, truffle, |
| definition | : | any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | coral fungus, |
| definition | : | any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tooth fungus, |
| definition | : | a fungus of the family Hydnaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lichen, |
| definition | : | any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc. (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | true fungus, |
| definition | : | any of numerous fungi of the division Eumycota (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lentinus lepideus, scaly lentinus, |
| definition | : | a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sac fungus, |
| definition | : | any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | yeast, |
| definition | : | any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | wynnea americana, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | wynnea sparassoides, |
| definition | : | a fungus with a long solid stalk embedded in soil and a yellow-brown head shaped like a cauliflower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | false morel, |
| definition | : | a fungus of the family Helvellaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lorchel, |
| definition | : | a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gyromitra, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the genus Gyromitra (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | carrion fungus, stinkhorn, |
| definition | : | any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | puffball, true puffball, |
| definition | : | any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | earthstar, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | radiigera fuscogleba, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bird's-nest fungus, |
| definition | : | any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gastrocybe lateritia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | macowanites americanus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gastroboletus scabrosus, |
| definition | : | a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gastroboletus turbinatus, |
| definition | : | a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | agaric, fomes igniarius, |
| definition | : | fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bolete, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the family Boletaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | jelly fungus, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rust, rust fungus, |
| definition | : | any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | smut, smut fungus, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the order Ustilaginales (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mold, mould, |
| definition | : | a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mildew, |
| definition | : | a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | verticillium, |
| definition | : | a fungus of the genus Verticillium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | monilia, |
| definition | : | any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | candida, |
| definition | : | any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blastomycete, |
| definition | : | any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dry rot, |
| definition | : | a fungus causing dry rot (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rhizoctinia, |
| definition | : | any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | cap, pileus, |
| definition | : | a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | volva, |
| definition | : | cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | hymenium, |
| definition | : | spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | mycelium, |
| definition | : | the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom fungi, |
| definition | : | the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants (noun.plant) |
| domain member category | : | immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response, |
| definition | : | a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | squamule, |
| definition | : | a minute scale (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | fungal, fungous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to fungi (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | fungal, fungous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to fungi (adj.pert) |
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