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fun·gus

fungus

pronunciation:: fuhng gs
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part of speech:	noun
inflections:	fungi, funguses
definition:	one of a large group of living things that appear similar to plants but cannot make their own food using sunlight in the way plants do. Fungi consume plant, animal, and other living matter. Mushrooms, yeasts, and molds are fungi. Fungi help decompose dead plants and animals.
related words:	mushroom
derivations:	fungal (adj.), funguslike (adj.)

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	affects the growth of funguses
	moisture
	broader categories that include fungus
	organism, plant
	process involving funguses
	fermentation
	produced by funguses
	spores
	some activities of funguses
	decay, decompose, rot
	some descriptions of funguses
	fluffy, fuzzy, scaly, slimy
	some diseases involving funguses
	athlete's foot, rust
	some kinds of funguses
	lichen, mildew, mold, mushroom, toadstool, yeast
	some parts of funguses
	cap, cell, filament, stem
	some places for funguses
	bog, forest, swamp
	some things made with funguses
	alcohol, antibiotic, bread, medicine
	things that eat funguses
	animal, human