black fungus

noun

Synonym of mucormycosis.

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Meanings

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

plural black funguses · plural black fungi

  1. countableuncountablemedicineSynonym of mucormycosis.

    Synonyms: mucormycosis

  2. countableuncountableA fungus of order Sphaeriales.
  3. countableuncountablecookingSynonym of wood-ear.

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

  4. countableuncountablecookingSynonym of bronze bolete (Boletus aereus).

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

  5. countableuncountableSynonym of black yeast.

    Synonyms: black yeast

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of mucormycosis.

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mucormycosis

nounSynonym of wood-ear.

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wood earwoodeartree-eartree earwood jellyfishtree jellyfishwood-ear funguswood ear funguswoodear fungustree-ear fungustree ear funguswood jellyfish fungustree jellyfish funguswood-ear mushroomwood ear mushroomwoodear mushroomtree-ear mushroomtree ear mushroomwood jellyfish mushroomtree jellyfish mushroom

nounSynonym of bronze bolete (Boletus aereus).

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dark cepblack cepbronze cepdark boletteblack bolettebronze bolettequeen bolettebronze bolete

nounSynonym of black yeast.

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black yeast
Also see
mucormycosis
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APA

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Chicago

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