Other forms: fungi
A fungus is a living thing that feeds on decay and spreads by spores. A fungus on the wall, foot fungus, treat the fungus.
They form their own kingdom and are more closely related to animals than to plants. The mushroom is only the fruiting body — the organism itself is a network of threads through the soil, and one in Oregon covers several square kilometres. The Latin means mushroom.
1nounfungusAn organism that feeds on decay and spreads by spores.
“A white fungus was growing on the damp bathroom wall.”
fungus is an organism.
Latin fungus means a mushroom, probably related to Greek spongos, a sponge.
Latin
fungus — mushroom
English, today
fungus
Borrowed from Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Displaced native Old English swamm.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA