fungoid (funggoid)

[L. fungus, mushroom, + Gr. εἶδος, form.] 1. Having the appearance or character of a fungus; hence, sporadic. "The seed of immortality has sprouted within me." "Only a fungoid growth, I dare say - a crowing disease in the lungs," said Deronda. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, xxxvii. 2. In pathol., characterized by morbid growths resembling a fungus, especially those of a malignant character: as, a a fungoid disease.