white fungus

1. 1.

   a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)

   SynonymsSaprolegnia ferax

   Broaderfungus

   Part ofSaprolegnia

Questions about white fungus

What does white fungus mean?

white fungus means "a fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)".

What is another word for white fungus?

Close synonyms include Saprolegnia ferax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.