any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
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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
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry th…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing Dutch elm disease
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
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A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and othe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.the fruiting stage of the inflorescence
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fruiting, bodies, fungi, genus, xylaria.any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia
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