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Spermatium :: Spermatium (n.) One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.

Acrospore :: Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Ascus :: Ascus (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Volva :: Volva (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops..

Sclerotium :: Sclerotium (n.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot..

Fungibles :: Fungibles (n. pl.) Movable goods which may be valued by weight or measure, in contradistinction from those which must be judged of individually..

Parasite :: Parasite (n.) A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia..

Ferrugo :: Ferrugo (n.) A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color..

Fungilliform :: Fungilliform (a.) Shaped like a small fungus.

Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..

Fungi :: Fungi (pl. ) of Fungu.

Fungicide :: Fungicide (n.) Anything that kills fungi.

Zygosperm :: Zygosperm (n.) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi..

Fungian :: Fungian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fungidae, a family of stony corals..

Sporidium :: Sporidium (n.) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi..

Yeast :: Yeast (n.) A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth..

Tremella :: Tremella (n.) A genus of gelatinous fungi found in moist grounds.

Floccus :: Floccus (n.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Rot :: Rot (n.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below..

Oidium :: Oidium (n.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes..

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