fungus
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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.
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2: The larva feeds on the fungus, which digest the wood, removing toxins: they mutually benefit.
A laser scan of fungi living within plant roots, with the fungus rendered in red, and the plant in blue.
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.
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).
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.”
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.