Mould or mildew. Cf. vinny, adj. Obsolete. rare.

As a mass noun: a growth (typically a whitish and fluffy coating) of fungal mycelium and fructifications on the surface of a plant; plant disease…

A woolly, furry, or staining growth now recognized as consisting of fungus, such as that which forms on food, textiles, etc., esp. in moist warm air…

= mould, n.4 1a.

Mouldiness, mould.

Mould. Obsolete.

concrete. Mould, mouldy growth. Obsolete.

(a) the Virginian sumac, Rhus typhina; (b) a mould which grows on the surface of liquids undergoing acetous fermentation.

= mould, n.4 1a.

Mycology. In form Mucor. A genus of fungi, originally (esp. in Linnaean use) comprising diverse (chiefly mould-forming) fungi and slime moulds, but…

= vinegar-plant n. (b).

a fungal rust (rust, n.1 6) that affects the leaves of plants.

mould consisting of decayed wood.

A genus of filamentous moulds, some species of which attack and destroy insects, especially Hymenoptera. It is now believed that many of the…

(see quot.).

Mucor mucedo and other fungi found on decaying fruit, etc.

In full pourriture noble. = noble rot, n.

A black superficial mould on plants, caused by fungi once grouped under the name Fumago, and associated with the honey-dew produced by certain…