any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae
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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 large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, fungus, family, helvellaceae.large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
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