black fungus

English

Noun

black fungus (countable and uncountable, plural black funguses or black fungi)

1. (pathology) Synonym of mucormycosis.
2. Fungi of order Sphaeriales.
3. (cooking) Synonym of wood-ear

   Synonyms: wood ear, woodear, tree-ear, tree ear, wood jellyfish, tree jellyfish

   Synonyms: wood-ear fungus, wood ear fungus, woodear fungus, tree-ear fungus, tree ear fungus, wood jellyfish fungus, tree jellyfish fungus

   Synonyms: wood-ear mushroom, wood ear mushroom, woodear mushroom, tree-ear mushroom, tree ear mushroom, wood jellyfish mushroom, tree jellyfish mushroom

4. (cooking) Synonym of bronze bolete (Boletus aereus).

   Synonyms: dark cep, black cep, bronze cep, dark bolette, black bolette, bronze bolette, queen bolette

5. Synonym of black yeast.

Related terms

• black fungus beetle (Alphitobius laevigatus)
• black fungus moth (Metalectra tantillus)
• black fungus gnat (Asindulum nigrum)

See also

• dark fungus

 

References

• “black fungus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• black fungus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia