entophyte (ent of it)

[NL. entophytum, growing within an animal or another plant, usually as a parasite. Entophytes are chiefly parasitic fungi, and in use the term is not commonly employed except for those growing within animals. The commonest and most generally distributed entophytes are the bacteria, some of which are harmle and may occur in healthy animals; but many species produce diseases, especially contagious diseases. bacterium, Schizomycetes.) tain groups of fungi are almost entirely entophytic in habit, as Cordyceps and the related forms of Isaria, the Entomophthoreæ, and others. (See cut under Cordyceps.) Also endophyte . entophytic (en-to-fit'ik), ytic (en-to-fit'ik), a. [ The entophytic fungi which infest some of the vegetables most important to man constitute a group of special interest to the microscopist. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., § 319. entophytic ally (en-to-fit'i-kal-i), adv . As an entophyte; in an entophytic manner. Also endophytically . Wounded places,. though of small extent, IMG:content-0556.png:[blocks in formation] ent optically (en-top'ti-kal-i), adv. In an enentoptics (en-top'tiks), n. [Pl. of entoptic: see- ics.] The sum of knowledge concerning the phenomena of the interior of the eye. entoptoscopic (en-top-to-skop'ik), a. [