mummy diseasen.
/ˈmʌmɪ dɪˌziːz/, U.S. /ˈməmi dɪˌziz/ Originally: a fungal disease causing the mummification of the fruit of the guava. Now: a disease of cultivated mushrooms characterized by stunting, distortion, and eventual mummification of the fruiting bodies, probably caused by a species of pseudomonas bacterium.
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mummy disease1905
1905 Science 27 Jan. 143/1 Dr. Sheldon was able to study the life-history of Glœosporium Psidii G. Del., a fungus which causes the ‘mummy disease’ of the guava.
1942 C. M. Tucker & J. B. Routien in Res. Bull. Missouri Agric. Exper. Station No. 358. 3 The common name ‘mummy disease’ was suggested by Dr. [A. M.] Klingman. It is quite appropriate for the symptoms that develop in white strains or varieties, and with Dr. Klingman's permission, will be used here.
1950 R. L. O. Jackson Mushroom Growing vii. 66 The Americans have a similar disease called Mummy Disease, which spreads at an alarming rate, and which they think is caused by a virus.
1969 R. Genders Mushroom Growing for Everyone xiv. 198 Mummy disease. For long this has been a source of worry to American growers but only since 1950 has it become known to British growers.
1986 Jrnl. Gen. Microbiol. 132 2249 We compared 21 bacterial strains..with..three Pseudomonas strains responsible for mummy disease.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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