parasol
A small light umbrella used as protection from the sun.
A miniature paper umbrella used as a decoration in tropical-themed cocktails.
A sun umbrella for garden use etc., mounted on a stand; these can be foldable and demountable.
A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
Any of various Asian species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis.
A parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)

parasols
plural of parasol

plums and custard
Tricholomopsis rutilans, a widespread mushroom of the northern hemisphere.

plutei
plural of pluteus

pluteus
A low screen between columns, especially one that surrounds the choir of a church
The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.

pluteuses
plural of pluteus

poisonpie
A mushroom of the genus Hebeloma

proscynema
A formulaic inscription expressing adoration of or homage to a particular deity.

proscynemata
plural of proscynema

sawmiller
The operator of a sawmill.

sawmillers
plural of sawmiller

scleroma
induration of the tissues
rhinoscleroma

scleromas
plural of scleroma

scleromata
plural of scleroma

shaggy inkcap
Synonym of lawyer's wig (“edible mushroom”) (Coprinus comatus)

shaggy mane
Synonym of lawyer's wig (“edible mushroom”).

shiitake
A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.

shiitakes
plural of shiitake

shitake
Alternative spelling of shiitake.

shitakes
plural of shitake

spotted toughshank
Rhodocollybia maculata.

stalkball
Synonym of stalked puffball.

stalkballs
plural of stalkball

stalked puffball
Any fungus of the genus Tulostoma.

stereopsis
Stereoscopic vision.

sulphur tuft
A yellow poisonous mushroom, Hypholoma fasciculare (= Naematoloma fasciculare).

sunbrella
Synonym of parasol.

sunbrellas
plural of sunbrella

tooth fungus
Synonym of hydnoid.

twiglets
plural of twiglet

undermiller
A subordinate miller.

undermillers
plural of undermiller

upper crust
The social elite, the highest social class.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.

velvet shank
An enoki or enokitake mushroom, Flammulina velutipes.

watermiller
A miller who operates a watermill.

watermillers
plural of watermiller

waxcap
Any agaric mushroom of the family Hygrophoraceae.

waxcaps
plural of waxcap

webcaps
plural of webcap

white knight
An individual or corporation that intends to acquire another company in order to avert a hostile takeover.
A hero, savior, or righteous individual.
Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
Someone who unnecessarily defends someone else.
A mushroom of species Tricholoma album.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, knight.

windmiller
The miller who manages a windmill

windmillers
plural of windmiller

witch's hat
Hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe.
A traffic cone.
Alternative form of witch hat.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, hat.

xylopodia
plural of xylopodium

xylopodium
A woody stem or root, typically underground.

yellow knight
A widely eaten but arguably toxic fungus, Tricholoma equestre, that forms ectomycorrhiza with pine trees.

yellow patches
plural of yellow patch

glomera
plural of glomus

glomus
A fold of the mesothelium arising near the base of the mesentery in the pronephron, and containing a ball of blood vessels.
A highly organized vessel that connects an artery and a vein (bypassing capillaries) in an extremity such as a finger, toe, or ear or in another organ that is not part of the body's core. The glomus regulates the flow of blood, controlling temperature in order to conserve heat in the organ and, indirectly, controls the blood pressure and other functions of the circulatory system.

aecidia
plural of aecidium

aecidium
The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
A member of the form genus Aecidium.

aecidiums
plural of aecidium

bullaria
plural of bullarium

caeoma
An aecium of some rust fungi that has no peridium or outer membrane.

caeomas
plural of caeoma

coenecium
A branching tubular network inhabited by colonies of pterobranches

coffee rust
A disease affecting the leaves of the coffee plant, caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix.

myrtle rust
A pathogenic fungus, Austropuccinia psidii, that affects plants in the family Myrtaceae; originally native to South America, but has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

nigredo
A process of putrefaction or decomposition, one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus.
A term in Jungian psychology referring to mental negativity.

oecidium
Alternative form of aecidium.

peridermia
plural of peridermium

peridermium
A blister-shaped aecium found in some fungi.

puccinia
Any rust fungus of the genus Puccinia.

rust fungi
plural of rust fungus

rust fungus
Any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants.

soybean rust
A fungal disease of soybeans and other legumes, caused by Phakopsora spp..

uredo
urediniospore
urticaria; nettle-rash

uredos
plural of uredo

uredostage
Synonym of uredo (“summer stage in the life history of certain rust”).

uredostages
plural of uredostage

xyloma
A tumour on the woody part of a plant.

xylomas
plural of xyloma

xylomata
plural of xyloma

corn smut
A fungus that affects corn (maize), taxonomic name Mycosarcoma maydis, which induces tumors in the plant, known to be eaten as a delicacy.

necrosis
The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

onion smut
A disease of the seedlings of the onion caused by the fungus Urocystis cepulae which causes black elongate blisters on the bulb and leaves of the plant.
The fungus Urocystis cepulae.

pericladia
plural of pericladium

pericladium
The sheathing base of a leaf when it surrounds the supporting branch.

smut fungus
Any phytopathogenic fungus of the order Ustilaginales, which often cause darker colorations in their host plants.

urocystis
Synonym of urocyst.

ustilago
Any of the genus Ustilago of smut fungi, parasitic on grasses.

ustilagoes
plural of ustilago

ustilagos
plural of ustilago

candida
A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans

candidas
plural of candida

candidiases
plural of candidiasis

candidiasis
A fungal infection due to any species of yeasts in the genus Candida or those that were formerly classified in the genus Candida but are now classified in the genus Candidozyma.

candidiosis
Alternative form of candidiasis.

micrococci
plural of micrococcus

micrococcus
Any of a group of spherical, aerobic, gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Micrococcus, that are wide-ranging and harmless.

mycoderm
Alternative form of mycoderma.

mycoderma
One of the forms in which microbes group themselves; a (microscopic or macroscopic) layer of motionless but living microbes united on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed, differing from the zoogloea stage by not having the intermediate mucous substance.
A single microbe of (former) genus Mycoderma, as a denizen within a biofilm; a microscopic colony of such microbes, among many such colonies in a biofilm.

mycodermas
plural of mycoderma

mycodermata
plural of mycoderma

mycoderms
plural of mycoderm

saccharomyces
Any of many single-celled fungi of the genus Saccharomyces, which lack a true mycelium; especially the yeasts.

saccharomycetes
plural of saccharomycete

saccharomycopsis
Any of several yeasts, of the genus Saccharomycopsis, associated with enteritis in some animals

abacost
A short- or long-sleeved button-up jacket, worn without a shirt, that was promoted in Zaire under the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko.

abacosts
plural of abacost

abacot
Alternative spelling of bycoket.