fungus

(fung’us), pl. fun’gi [L.].. Any one of a cla of vegetable organisms of a “low order of development, including mushrooms, toadstools, molds, etc. 2. A growth on the body resembling a fungus; a ngy ma of morbid granulation ti ue. f. the brain, hernia cerebri. cutaneous f., dermatomyces. disease f., a fungus capable of producing disease. fi ion-f. Same as schizomycete. foot-f., the fungus that Pretooe mycetoma: said to be Chiony’ phe car'teri. -foot, Madura foot. See mycetoma. f. hee- mato’des, a soft, bleeding, malignant tumor. ray-f. See actinomyces. yeast-f. Same as Saccharomyces.