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fun·gus I. \ˈfəŋgəs\ noun (plural fun·gi \ˈfənˌjī, ˈfəŋˌgī\ ; also funguses) Etymology: Latin, probably modification of Greek spongos sponge, probably of non-Indo-European origin; akin to the source of Armenian sung sponge 1. : any of numerous chiefly saprophytic or parasitic plants that constitute the division Fungi; lack true chlorophyll; have a body made up of single cells or of filamentous coenocytic or septate hyphae arranged in a soft mycelium or in some cases partially disposed in complex highly specialized and characteristic fruiting bodies; often exhibit complex alternation of generations with very distinct sexual and asexual phases; include the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, and puffballs, and usually the yeasts, bacteria, and slime molds; and are often destructive pathogens of plants, man, and lower animals but have representatives that are used for food or are greatly valued for the organic fermentations that they produce < a cellar wall covered with fungus > < a fungus-proof coating for leather > < edible ground fungi > 2. [Late Latin or obsolete French; obsolete French, from Middle French, from Late Latin, from Latin, fungus (plant)] : an abnormal spongy growth; especially : a mass of spongy granulations 3. : infection with a fungus or disease caused by it; specifically : a serious highly contagious skin disease of freshwater fishes especially in hatcheries and aquaria caused by a mold (Saprolegnia ferax) 4. : something resembling a fungus < the blighting of everything fair … with the garish fungus of greed — Herman Wouk > II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) : to become infected with a fungus < a few impounded Chinook, however, fungused rapidly and … usually died — Scientific American > |