| fungiform | Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. <anatomy> Fungiform papillae, numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue. Origin: Eungus: cf. F. Fongiforme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fungilliform | Shaped like a small fungus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fungin | <chemistry> A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms. Origin: L. Fungus mushroom: cf. F, fongine, fungine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fungistat | An agent having fungistatic action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungistatic | <pharmacology> Inhibiting the growth of fungi. (18 Nov 1997) |
| fungite | <paleontology> A fossil coral resembling Fungia. Origin: L. Fungus mushroom: cf. F. Pongite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fungitoxic | Poisonous or in any way deleterious to the growth of fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungitoxicity | The property of being fungitoxic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungivorous | <entomology, zoology> Eating fungi; said of certain insects and snails. Origin: L. Fungus + vorare to eat freedily: cf. F. Fangivore. (30 Mar 1998) |
| fungoid | Like a fungus; fungous; spongy. Origin: Fungus + -oil: cf. F. Fongoide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fungology | <study> Mycology. Origin: Fungus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fungosity | A fungoid growth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungous | 1. Of the nature of fungi; spongy. 2. Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable. Origin: L. Fungosus: cf. F. Fungueux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fungous foot | 1. A chronic infection involving the feet and characterised by the formation of localised lesions with tumefactions and multiple draining sinuses. The exudate contains granules that may be yellow, white, red, brown, or black, depending upon the causative agent. Mycetoma is caused by two principal groups of microorganisms: A. Actinomycotic mycetoma is caused by actinomycetes, including species of Streptomyces, Actinomadurae, and Nocardia. B. Eumycotic mycetoma is caused by true fungi, including species of Madurella, Exophiala, Pseudallescheria, Curvularia, Neotestudina, Pyrenochaeta, Aspergillus, Leptosphaeria, Plemodomus, Polycytella, Fusarium, Phialophora, Corynespora, Cylindrocarpon, Pseudochaetosphaeronema, Bipolaris, and Acremonium. Synonym: fungous foot, Madura boil, Madura foot, maduromycosis. 2. Any tumour with draining sinuses produced by filamentous fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fungus | <microbiology> A general term used to denote a group of eukaryotic protists, including mushrooms, yeasts, rusts, moulds, smuts, etc., which are characterised by the absence of chlorophyll and by the presence of a rigid cell wall composed of chitin, mannans and sometimes cellulose. They are usually of simple morphological form or show some reversible cellular specialisation, such as the formation of pseudoparenchymatous tissue in the fruiting body of a mushroom. The dimorphic fungi grow, according to environmental conditions, as moulds or yeasts. (05 Jan 1998) |