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• While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.From the entry pathogenic
• The designation loculoascomycetes was first proposed for all fungi which have ascolocular development.From the entry ascolocular
• When pruning a tree, stub cuts delay wound closure and can provide entry to canker fungi that kill the cambium, delaying or preventing woundwood formation.From the entry woundwood
• To start companion planting with fungi, add woodchips and mushroom spawn to your soil.2023, Liv Sisson, Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide, Penguin Random House New Zealand, →ISBN. From the entry companion planting
• Among the hallmarks that all fungi share is the way they eat.2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times. From the entry squirt
• Similarly, plants and mycorrhizal fungi are no longer thought of as behaving either mutualistically or parasitically.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life. From the entry parasitically
• We know that mycorrhizal fungi form and re-form their connections with plants, tangling, detangling and retangling.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 190. From the entry detangle
• Some fungi (such as Penicillium moulds) used to lichenise but don't any more; they have de-lichenised.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 97. From the entry lichenise
• How do fungi juggle this kind of trade-off while exploring a crowded rot-scape in search of food?2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 54. From the entry rot-scape
• Color code: green (plant), red (metazoans), black (bacteria and archeae), cyan (protists) and brown (fungi).2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by…. From the entry archeae
• Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845. From the entry any
• Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick, already familiar to experts in the field.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845. From the entry already
• There were good fungi and bad ones, he said; you had to learn the difference.2012, Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, page 209. From the entry sulphur tuft
• Bird's nest fungi are funky and fascinating; they look for all the world like tiny bird nests.2010, Michael Kuo, Andy Methven, 32: Cyathus striatus (Hudson) Willdenow: 100 Cool Mushrooms, page 65. From the entry bird's nest fungus
• Basidiomycetes produce spores on a basidium, the basic feature that separates them from other groups of fungi.2008, Donald M. Huffman, Lois H. Tiffany, George Knaphaus, Rosanne A. Healy, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United…. From the entry basidiomycete
• The nidulariaceous fungi included five genera, from which only Cyathus is currently known from Cameroon.2007, Clovis Douanla-Meli, Fungi of Cameroon: Ecological Diversity with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Non-gilled Hymenomycetes from the…. From the entry nidulariaceous
• Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi.2001, Michael J Carlile, The Fungi, 2nd edition, publisher summary, page 11. From the entry oomycete
• Fungi break down the wood inwards from lopping wounds, causing white or brown rot.1995, L Wessoly, Fracture diagnosis of trees. From the entry falseheart
• The primary sterol of yeast and other fungi is ergosterol Several sterol derivatives are found in nature.1993, H. R. Petty, Molecular Biology of Membranes, Plenum Press, page 14. From the entry sterol
• One of these was fox fire, the spectral glow given off by fungi on decaying timber.1983, Manuel Robbins, “Collecting Fluorescent Minerals”, in The Collector’s Book of Fluorescent Minerals, New York, N.Y.; London: Van…. From the entry foxfire
• More than two-thirds of the trees evidenced subcortical beetles, but no root decay fungi.1978, George Ferrell, Risk Rating Systems for Mature Red Fir and White Fir in Northern California, page 17. From the entry subcortical
• The one important character which distinguishes the Ascomycetes from all other fungi is the ascus (plural, asci).1967, Constantine. J. Alexopoulos, Harold C. Bold, Algae and Fungi, page 101. From the entry ascus
• Similarly reduced movement of soil might limit the spread of redcore disease or other soil-infecting fungi.1966, J. D. Fryer, Herbicides in British Fruit Growing, page 20. From the entry redcore
• Gaudy fungi sprouted from the bark walls of the humpies, which were furred with green slime.1934, Brian Penton, chapter 18, in Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch, Raleigh, NC: Hayes Barton, published 2006, page 120. From the entry ant-bed
• It occurs in nearly all maculicole fungi, and is exhibited by certain xylogenous fungi, such as Hysterographium.1901, Contributions from the Botanical Survey of Nebraska, University of Nebraska. From the entry xylogenous
• Fungi can also produce vast number of spores, which can survive in all sorts of extreme conditions for years.2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times. From the entry squirt
• Many—such as plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi—have been blockbuster moments in the history of life, with world-changing consequences.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 211. From the entry blockbuster
• For some fungi, lichenisation remains a lifestyle choice; they can live as lichens or not depending on their circumstances.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 97. From the entry lichenisation
• Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, “On fossil poo and picky eaters: a new study sheds light on New Zealand's past ecosystem”, in The Guardian…. From the entry coprolite
• Many of these mycodiesel hydrocarbons are terpenes, a chemically diverse class of compounds produced by many plants, fungi, and bacteria.2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry mycodiesel
• Sonographic assessments including brain and abdominal sonographies and ocular examination for the potential seeding of the fungi were normal.2015 June 4, Emel Altuncu et al., “Successful Treatment of Candida parapsilosis Fungemia in Two Preterms with Voriconazole”, in Case…. From the entry sonography
• The left diatom is overgrown by fungi and irregular organic matter, but structures resembling areolaes are visible through the organic cover.2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS…. From the entry areolaes
• At the contact to sediment infillings, fungi produced haustoria that penetrated and scavenged on the remains of fragmented marine organisms.2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS…. From the entry infillings
• Another method, known as 'Trapping Technique', is a generally successful technique for collecting saprolegnoid fungi directly from aquatic habitat.2015, Mamta Rawat, Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation, page 202. From the entry saprolegnoid
• All ambrosia beetles studied to date cultivate ascomycotan fungi: early colonizers of recently killed trees with poor wood digestion.2015 September 15, “New Fungus-Insect Symbiosis: Culturing, Molecular, and Histological Methods Determine Saprophytic Polyporales…. From the entry ascomycotan
• I have also seen fallen birch logs hosting toothed jelly fungus and witch's butter, both of which are useful edible fungi.2015, Cliff Seruntine, The Wildwood Way: Spiritual Growth in the Heart of Nature, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 48. From the entry toothed jelly fungus
• The fungi that grew on the multimixture were extremely dense and had to be removed daily during the insect counting.2015 August 16, Thais Marchi Goulart et al., “Techniques to improve the maintenance of a laboratory colony of Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera…. From the entry multimixture
• This approach nets sequences that fall outside all of the recognized groups, including “picobiliphytes,” plus novel stramenopiles and unidentified marine fungi.2014, Nicholas P. Money, The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes, page 74. From the entry picobiliphyte
• But, there are a few fungi that transport water to dry wood and cause decay called dry-rot or water-conducting fungi.2012, Roger M. Rowell, Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites, Second Edition. From the entry dry-rot
• The majority of macroscopic fleshy fungi are basidiomycetes.2008, Donald M. Huffman, Lois H. Tiffany, George Knaphaus, Rosanne A. Healy, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United…. From the entry basidiomycete

Meaning of fungi

1. noun Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
2. noun A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

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How do you use fungi in a sentence?

Fungi is used as a noun. For example: “While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.”

What is a short sentence with fungi?

“The majority of macroscopic fleshy fungi are basidiomycetes.”

What does fungi mean?

Fungi means spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.