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n. Any of numerous eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms.

n. Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

n. Any one of the fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each. See fungi.

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

n. A plant belonging to the group Fungi (which see).

n. In pathol., a spongy morbid excrescence, as proud flesh formed in wounds.

n. an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

"Moreover, the fungus is apparently more lethal under moist conditions, yet, at many affected sites, warm years are comparatively dry."

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bacteria    algae    insect    moss    worm    vegetation    weed    mold    mushroom    lichen