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sulphur fungus

sulphur fungus is the alternative spelling of sulfur fungus.

Meaning of sulfur fungus

Noun

sulfur fungus (plural sulfur fungi)

  1. A yellow bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, which causes a type of brown rot in trees. The fruiting bodies form on the sides of the trees and can reach several metres in width, but are edible when small.

Forms of sulphur fungus

pluralsulphur fungi

Questions about sulphur fungus

What is sulphur fungus the alternative spelling of?
Sulphur fungus is the alternative spelling of sulfur fungus.

Words near sulphur fungus in the dictionary

  1. sulphur cycle
  2. sulphur dibromide
  3. sulphur dioxide
  4. sulphur ether
  5. sulphur fungi
  6. sulphur fungus
  7. sulphur hexafluoride
  8. sulphur impression
  9. sulphur match
  10. sulphur monoxide
  11. sulphur mustard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulphur fungus (page history and authors); sulfur fungus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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