Fungus

fun'gus, n.; L. pi. -gi, -ji; E. pi. -guses, {Bot.) An acotyledonous or cryptogamous plant, such s as the mushrooms, toadstools, the microscopic plants which form mold, mildew, smut, etc., and the minute vegetable parasites of animals; also, excrescences on plants. {Med.} A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies; proud-flesh.— Fun '- "\ go us, -gus, a. Like fungus; ~ excrescent; growing suddenlv, but not substantial.