any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
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any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.a mold causing aspergillosis in birds and man
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing black root rot in apples
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant;…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.a fungus resembling slime mold that causes swellings or distortions of the roots of cabbages and related plants
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral
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Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, cent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; pollu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.Moldy; ill-smelling.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: various, ill-smelling, brown-capped, fungi, order.
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