fungus

1. 1.

   an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

   Broaderorganism

   NarrowerDutch elm fungusergotblack root rot fungusdead-man's-fingerssclerotiniaearthballstalked puffballfalse truffleslime moldpond-scum parasite

   Part ofFungi

   Partscapvolvahymeniummycelium

Other forms of fungus

plural

fungi

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fungus

What does fungus mean?

fungus means "an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia".

How many syllables are in fungus?

fungus has 2 syllables: fun-gus. The stress falls on "fun". In IPA it is /ˈfʌŋɡəs/.

Is fungus a common word?

fungus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.