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fungi <a fungus; fungi / funguses> N

fungi

fungus <fungi> N (pl. fungi)

fungus (pl. fungi)

fungus proof ADJ

wood fungus BOT

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Some fungi, types of polypores loosely called mushrooms, have been used as fire starters (known as tinder fungi).
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They subsist off lichen found in hoarfrost as well as eating mushrooms and other fungi found in ice caves.
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The bulk of this article is about mycotoxins that are found in microfungi other than poisons from mushrooms or macroscopic fungi.
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Most fungi reproduce by spores and the fruit bodies are developed specifically for the production and dispersal of spores.
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If there is too much moisture then fungi has a better chance of growing and producing mycotoxins.
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As with other stinkhorn fungi, mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, which attracts flies.
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The arbuscules of mutualistic mycorrhizal fungi serve a similar function in nutrient exchange, so are important in assisting nutrient and water absorption by plants.
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It is almost lacking in chlorophyll and therefore is unable to photosynthesise as most plants do; instead it gains sugars and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi.
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More than 5000 volatile substances defend the surrounding plants from bacteria, fungi and insects.
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Many fungi from this phylum produce spores in basidiocarps (fruiting bodies, or mushrooms), above ground.
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