excipule
Alternative form of exciple.

excipules
plural of excipule

excipulum
An exciple.

exoasci
plural of exoascus

exoascus
The outer functional layer of a fissitunicate ascus.

exothrix
Alternative form of ectothrix.

exotunica
Synonym of exoascus.

foxfire
Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood.

fructophile
Any fructophilic yeast

fructophiles
plural of fructophile

fumonisin
Any of a class of neurotoxic, pneumotoxic and hepatotoxic mycotoxins derived from fungi of the genus Fusarium.

fumonisins
plural of fumonisin

fungaria
plural of fungarium

fungarium
A collection of preserved specimens of fungus.

fungariums
plural of fungarium

fungiculture
The cultivation of fungi.

fungilli
plural of fungillus

fungillus
A small parasitic fungus.

fungin
A cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.

fungine
Alternative form of fungin.

fungistasis
The inhibition of the growth and reproduction of fungi

fungites
plural of fungite

fungoids
plural of fungoid

fungology
Synonym of mycology.

fungophobia
An irrational fear of mushrooms or other fungi.

funiculolide
One of a family of meroterpenoid natural substances derived from a fungus.

funiculolides
plural of funiculolide

furfurman
A dectin agonist present in the pathogenic fungus Malassezia furfur

fusant
A fusion of two different species of fungus

fusants
plural of fusant

fusball
A puffball (type of fungus).

fusicoccane
Any of a group of tricyclic diterpenoids present in certain fungi, formally derived from dolabellane with a bridging bond between carbon 3 and 7.

fusicoccanes
plural of fusicoccane

gasteromycete
Any of the polyphyletic class Gasteromycetes of fungi that produce spores inside their basidiocarps.

gasteromycetes
plural of gasteromycete

gigantin
patulin

gigasporoid
Any fungus of the family Gigasporaceae

gigasporoids
plural of gigasporoid

girolle
chanterelle (mushroom)

girolles
plural of girolle

glomeralean
Any symbiotic fungus of the order Glomerales

glomeraleans
plural of glomeralean

glomerocarp
A fruiting body produced by fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota.

glomeromycete
Any fungus of the class Glomeromycetes.

glomeromycetes
plural of glomeromycete

halimide
A cytotoxic diketopiperazine present in some marine fungi

halimides
plural of halimide

hemiascomycete
Any yeast or similar fungus of the former class Hemiascomycetes (now Saccharomycetes)

hemiascomycetes
plural of hemiascomycete

heterobasidiomycete
Any fungus of the class Heterobasidiomycetes

histoplasmin
An extract of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum used in immunological tests for histoplasmosis

histoplasmoma
An infectious granuloma of the lung caused by the parasitic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.

histoplasmomas
plural of histoplasmoma

holobasidia
plural of holobasidium

holobasidium
A nonseptate unicellular basidium.

holomorph
All forms in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota treated as a whole
The group formed by taking the semidirect product of a group by its automorphism group

holomorphs
plural of holomorph

homobasidia
plural of homobasidium

homobasidiomycete
Any fungus of the class Homobasidiomycetes (approximately identical to the class Agaricomycetes).

homobasidiomycetes
plural of homobasidiomycete

homobasidium
Synonym of holobasidium.

hymeniderm
A surface layer of lengthened cells arranged side by side on the spore-bearing surface of a fungus.

hymeniderms
plural of hymeniderm

hymenium
The sporebearing surface of a fungus.

hymeniums
plural of hymenium

hymenophore
The part of a fungus fruiting body which produces spore-bearing cells.

hymenophores
plural of hymenophore

hyperkinesia
hyperkinesis

hyperkinesias
plural of hyperkinesia

hypha
Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.

hyphae
plural of hypha

hyphasma
The thallus of agarics.

hyphidium
A sterile hyphal structure in the fertile layer of a fungus.

hyphochytriomycete
Hyphochytrids are eukaryotic and funguslike organisms that belong to the superphylum Stramenopiles (Heterokonta)

hyphopodia
plural of hyphopodium

hyphopodium
A hypha, in some ectoparasitic fungi, having a haustorium

hypocrealean
Any fungus of the order Hypocreales

hypocrealeans
plural of hypocrealean

idli
A South Asian cake made from rice and lentils, whose ground mixture is fermented and steamed in a mold.

idlis
plural of idli

illudane
A toxic spirocyclic sesquiterpenoids produced by various bracken ferns and by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota.

illudanes
plural of illudane

iqmik
A smokeless tobacco product used mainly by Native Americans in parts of Alaska, made from a mixture of tobacco and the ash of the fungus Phellinus igniarius.

ixocutis
The outer surface of a mushroom where the hyphae are a gelatinous horizontal layer and lying flat.

ixotrichodermium
The outer surface of a mushroom that is composed of erect or loosely interwoven hyphae.

kasanosin
Any of a group of azaphilones present in genus Talaromyces of fungi.

kasanosins
plural of kasanosin

kexin
A yeast serine peptidase.

kexins
plural of kexin

leotiomycete
Any fungus of the class Leotiomycetes

leptoform
A heteroecious fungus having teleutospores only, which as soon as they arrive at maturity germinate on living plants.

leptoforms
plural of leptoform

loculoascomycete
An ascomycete fungus in which the asci, which are bitunicate and fissitunicate, develop in pre-formed locules.

loculoascomycetes
plural of loculoascomycete

lorchel
a mushroom of the family Helvellaceae.

lorchels
plural of lorchel

mazaedia
plural of mazaedium

mazaedium
A powdery spore mass released by some fungi on the surface of the apothecium.

mazedia
plural of mazedium

mazedium
Alternative form of mazaedium.

mentagraphyte
A fungus that causes sycosis (type of pustular eruption).

mentagraphytes
plural of mentagraphyte

mesima
Phellinus linteus, a species of mushroom.

mesimas
plural of mesima

metabasidia
plural of metabasidium

metabasidium
A basidium after meiosis.

metacellulose
Synonym of fungin.

micobiont
Alternative form of mycobiont.

micobionts
plural of micobiont

microconsumer
A microscopic heterotrophic consumer (typically bacteria or fungi)

microconsumers
plural of microconsumer

microfungi
plural of microfungus

microfungus
A fungus of microscopic size.

micromycete
microscopic fungi

micromycetes
plural of micromycete

milkcap
Alternative spelling of milk-cap.

milkcaps
plural of milkcap

monilia
Any fungus of the genus Monilinia.

moniliae
plural of monilia

monilias
plural of monilia

monocerin
A dihydroisocoumarin present in the fungus Drechslera monoceras (family Pleosporaceae, order Pleosporales) and other fungi species.

monodictyphenone
Any of a family of phenolic benzophenones isolated from a fungus of the genus Monodictys

monodictyphenones
plural of monodictyphenone

monopodia
plural of monopodium

monopodium
A single and continuous axis of growth of a plant (stem or trunk), producing lateral shoots or branches.

monopodiums
plural of monopodium

mucorin
An albuminoid substance occurring in certain fungi.

mucoromycete
Any fungus of the class Mucoromycetes formerly considered part of the phylum Zygomycota, but now considered to be multiple orders whose placement among the fungi has not been determined.

mucoromycetes
plural of mucoromycete

musharoon
mushroom

musharoons
plural of musharoon

mushie
A mushroom.
A magic mushroom.

mushies
plural of mushie

mycele
Synonym of mycelium.

myceles
plural of mycele

mycelium
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

mycete
fungus

mycetobiont
Synonym of mycobiont.

mycetobionts
plural of mycetobiont

mycetology
Synonym of mycology.

mycetophagy
Alternative form of mycophagy.

mycobiology
The biology of fungi

mycobiont
A fungus that is a constituent of a lichen; a fungal symbiont.