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Punk :: Punk (n.) A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric..

Fungoid :: Fungoid (a.) Like a fungus; fungous; spongy.

Pezizoid :: Pezizoid (a.) Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.

Muscardine :: Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself..

Hyphae :: Hyphae (n. pl.) The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also found enveloping the gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure..

Spunk :: Spunk (n.) Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou..

Moril :: Moril (n.) An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel.

Theca :: Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord..

Stinking :: Stinkhorn (n.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor..

Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..

Fungus :: Fungus (n.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds..

Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.

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

Morel :: Morel (n.) An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces..

Ergotism :: Ergotism (n.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.

Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..

Funguses :: Funguses (pl. ) of Fungu.

Hymenophore :: Hymenophore (n.) That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.

Scab :: Scab (n.) A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)..

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