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See Fungus.

A heterogenous group of fungi of which the complete life history is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the orders Sphæropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales.

A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.

Of or pertaining to the Fungidæ, a family of stony corals. -- n.

y be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; -- called also fungible things. Burrill.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms; as, fungic acid.

Anything that kills fungi. -- Fun`gi*ci"dal, n.

Shaped like a fungus or mushroom. Fungiform papillæ (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue.

Shaped like a small fungus.

A name formerly given to cellulose found in certain fungi and mushrooms.

A fossil coral resembling Fungia.

Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails.

A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

An old name for severwal species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.…

The poisonous principle of some fungi.

Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.

In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit.

A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. -- As`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.