fungus

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It's not clear whether the fungus is the cause or a symptom of the ailment.

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  1. noun Any of numerous eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Fungi, which lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue and range in form from a single cell to a body mass of branched filamentous hyphae that often produce specialized fruiting bodies. The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms.

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  • Countries in Central America have been particularly badly affected by the deadly chytrid fungus, which is now widespread there. —  British Blogs
  • In fact, they're not even sure the fungus is a primary issue or whether it's a secondary problem that's developing on bats that are already sick, Reynolds said. —  Daily News-Record
  • As scientists try to definitively establish whether the fungus is the cause, as suspected, or a symptom of white nose, researchers Justin Boyles and Craig Willis considered a way to manage it based on computer modeling of the energy expended by bats. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Human beings inhaling the spores of this fungus are at risk of developing histoplasmosis symptoms, such as prolonged coughing and wheezing, which nowadays may also be confused with a flu, cold, or other ailment. —  All Categories Featured Content - Associated Content
  • The vegetative part of this fungus is usually a dark black color, mixed with grey and a dark shade of green. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
 

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  1. Latin; perhaps akin to Greek spongos, sphongos, sponge.

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  1. In earlier use funge (q. v.); = OF fonge, a mushroom, F fongus, fungus (in pathology) = Spanish Portuguese Italian fungo, from Latin fungus, a mushroom, fungus, for *sfungus, from Greek σφόγγος, Attic form of σπόγγος, a sponge: see sponge.
 

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