dry rot
The crumbly, decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection.
Any progression of decay, corruption, or obsolescence.
A fungal infection which affects plants, in particular potatoes.

dryrot
Alternative form of dry rot.

earth ball
Alternative spelling of earthball (“type of fungus”).
A very large inflatable ball used in some sports.
A sport involving this ball, somewhat resembling soccer/football.

earthballs
plural of earthball

false chanterelle
A non-poisonous, but dull-tasting mushroom that resembles chanterelle; Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca.

foxy bolete
The edible mushroom native to Europe, Leccinum vulpinum.

gomphidius
Any of the genus Gomphidius of mushrooms.

imperator
An emperor.

imperatores
plural of imperator

imperators
plural of imperator

melanogaster
Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.

melanogasters
plural of melanogaster

old man of the woods
Strobilomyces strobilaceus, a boletaceous fungus of Europe and North America.

paxilli
plural of paxillus

paxillus
paxilla

penny bun
A small bun that sells for a penny.
An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

scleroderm
Alternative form of scleroderma.
One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, such as the cowfish and trunkfish.
One of the Sclerodermata; a madrepore.
A hardened or bony integument of various animals.

scleroderma
A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.

sclerodermas
plural of scleroderma

sclerodermia
Alternative form of scleroderma.

sclerodermias
plural of sclerodermia

scleroderms
plural of scleroderm

slippery jack
A mushroom in genus Suillus, family Boletaceae, especially Suillus luteus; boletes, they have no gills, but release spores from tubes ending in open pores.

slippery jacks
plural of slippery jack

wet rot
A soft rot in which the decayed tissues are markedly watery.
Decay of timber by fungi that attack wood having high moisture content.

wetrot
Alternative form of wet rot.

aegides
plural of aegis.

aegis
A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
Guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

aegises
plural of aegis

agarikon
Fomitopsis officinalis

auriscalpia
plural of auriscalpium

auriscalpium
Auriscalpium, a genus of mushrooms.
earpick

auriscalpiums
plural of auriscalpium

bleeding oak crust
A fungus of species Stereum gausapatum.

bracket fungi
plural of bracket fungus

brittlegills
plural of brittlegill

candy cap
Any of various edible fungi in the genus Lactarius (the milk-caps), prized for their sweet taste.

cauliflower fungus
Any mushroom of genus Sparassis, especially of species Sparassis crispa.

chaga
A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal region of the Northern hemisphere, Inonotus obliquus.
The irregular conk of this fungus, used in East European folk medicine to treat a number of conditions.

charcoal burner
A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.
A heater or brazier in which charcoal is burnt.
An edible European mushroom (Russula cyanoxantha).

chicken of the woods
Any edible mushroom of the Laetiporus genus.

egis
Alternative spelling of aegis.

egises
plural of egis

fomes
The morbid matter created by a disease.
Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.
Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

fomites
plural of fomes

gleocystidium
Alternative form of gloeocystidium.

gloeocystidia
plural of gloeocystidium

gloeocystidium
A cystidium which easily stains with a chemical reagent or has oily, resinous, granular contents.

hen of the woods
An edible polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa

hoof fungus
A fungal plant pathogen of species Fomes fomentarius, found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, producing large polypore fruiting bodies shaped like a horse's hoof, used for tinder.

lactaria
plural of lactarium

melanoderma
An unusual darkening of the skin.

melanodermas
plural of melanoderma

melanodermata
plural of melanoderma

melanodermia
Alternative form of melanoderma.

panus
A lymphatic gland that is inflamed but not suppurating.

pikeman
A soldier armed with a pike.
A person who operates a turnpike.
A miner who works with a pick.

pikemen
plural of pikeman

pink disease
acrodynia

polypore
Any of a group of tough, leathery poroid mushrooms similar to boletes but typically lacking a distinct stalk.

polypores
plural of polypore

poria
plural of porion

root rot
Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having overwet roots.

rootrot
Alternative form of root rot.

rootrots
plural of rootrot

russula
A mushroom of the genus Russula.

russulas
plural of russula

sheep polypore
An edible mushroom (Albatrellus ovinus).

shelf fungi
plural of shelf fungus

sickener
One who, or that which, sickens.
A small, bright red and possibly poisonous russula or brittlegill (Russula emetica).

sickeners
plural of sickener

tiger's eye
A chatoyant gemstone that is usually yellow- to red-brown, with a silky lustre.

tigereye
Alternative spelling of tiger's eye.

tigereyes
plural of tigereye

tooth fungi
plural of tooth fungus

trainwrecker
A wood-decomposing mushroom, Neolentinus lepideus.

ugly milk-cap
An edible mushroom, Lactarius necator.

white cheese polypore
Tyromyces chioneus

xylostroma
The felted stroma of various wood-destroying fungi.

xylostromata
plural of xylostroma

black trumpet
Synonym of horn of plenty (“a type of mushroom”).

chantarelle
Alternative spelling of chanterelle.

chantarelles
plural of chantarelle

chanterelle
A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.

chanterelles
plural of chanterelle

dentinum
Synonym of dentin.

horn of plenty
A cornucopia.
An edible chanterelle of species (Craterellus cornucopioides.

koleroga
Any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including
Any of several plant diseases, with distinct causal organisms, including

kolerogas
plural of koleroga

wood hedgehog
An edible mushroom of species Hydnum repandum.

athelia
The congenital absence of one or both nipples.

anituber
A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses anime.

anitubers
plural of anituber

black truffle
A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum, darker than the white truffle, most commonly from France but also found in other parts of Europe, that is prized as a culinary ingredient.

booktuber
Alternative letter-case form of BookTuber.

booktubers
plural of booktuber

bulbotuber
A corm.

bulbotubers
plural of bulbotuber

chalazia
plural of chalazion

chalazion
A cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.

chalazions
plural of chalazion

cup fungus
Any of the family Pezizaceae of ascomycotic fungi that tend to grow in the shape of a cup.

didym
Obsolete form of didymium.

didymium
A mixture of praseodymium and neodymium once thought to be an element (symbol Di).

discina
Any member of the brachiopod genus Discina.

discinas
plural of discina

elfin saddle
Any of certain ascomycetous fungi of genus Helvella with an irregular cap resembling a saddle, especially Helvella crispa or Helvella lacunosa.
Any member of species Gyromitra infula of ascomycetes, which similarly resemble a saddle.

elfin saddles
plural of elfin saddle