Noun
Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.
A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.
Source: Webster's dictionary2: The larva feeds on the fungus, which digest the wood, removing toxins: they mutually benefit. Source: Internet
A laser scan of fungi living within plant roots, with the fungus rendered in red, and the plant in blue. Source: Internet
Another concern was that Planet matched the story, which resulted in the fungus being connected across continents, as it is supposed to be a gigantic neural network. Source: Internet
An herbivorous diet includes subtypes such as granivory (seed eating), folivory (leaf eating), frugivory (fruit eating), nectivory (nectar eating), gummivory (gum eating) and mycophagy (fungus eating). Source: Internet
And (we) actually keep forgetting that, you know, Camembert — of course it’s (made with) a different fungus, it’s a different spore, it’s a different mold — but it’s a mold.” Source: Internet
By extension, the term "mushroom" can also designate the entire fungus when in culture; the thallus (called a mycelium ) of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms; or the species itself. Source: Internet