adjective
definition
Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
example
Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.
Examples of fungal in a Sentence
The Plum is subject to several diseases of fungal origin.
The organic compounds of the latter are absorbed by the protruding fungal filaments, which take the place of root-hairs, the tree ceasing to develop the latter.
Each kind of ant is so addicted to its own particular fungal food that it refuses disdainfully, even when hungry, the produce of an alien nest.
The fungal part of the organism nearly always consists of a number of the Discomycetes or Pyrenomycetes, while the algal portion is a member of the Schizophyceae (Cyanophyceae or Blue-green Algae) or of the Green Algae; only in a very few cases is the fungus a member of the Basidiomycetes.
The reproductive organs of the lichen are of a typically fungal character, i.e.
The view of the dual nature of lichens had hitherto been based on analysis; the final proof of this view was now supplied by the actual synthesis of a lichen from fungal and algal constituents.
The majority of the lichens, however, possess a stratified thallus in which the gonidia are found as a definite layer or layers embedded in a pseudoparenchymatous mass of fungal hyphae, i.e.
Since they are provided with both fungal and algal elements, they are able to develop directly, under suitable conditions, into a new thallus.
The soredia are the most successful method of reproduction in lichens, for not only are some forms nearly always without spore-formation and in others the spores laregly abortive, but in all cases the spore represents only the fungal component of the thallus, and its success in the development of a new lichen-thallus depends on the chance meeting, at the time of germination, with the appropriate algal component.
We find two chief types of fruit bodies in the lichens, the perithecium and apothecium; the first when the fungal element is a member of the Pyrenomycetes division of the Ascomycetes, the second when the fungus belongs to the Discomycetes division.
The developing seed thus encloses fungal hyphae, which remain dormant within the seed and in spring develop symbiotically with the growth of the wheat plant, doing no apparent injury until the time of fruiting is reached, when the fungus takes complete possession and fills the new seed with a mass of darkcoloured spores.
It is advisable to place the leather in clean polythene bags rather than reusing the original packaging which may harbor fungal spores.
Dr. Mark S Barber, from the University of Southampton, whose interests include the biochemistry of resistance in fungal pathogens.
At Newcastle, we have used the units on Fungal, Prokaryotic and Plant Diversity to supplement our general botany and microbiology courses.
Prompting the authors to recommend the use of Acticoat as a useful prophylactic against fungal infections as it has a rapid broad-spectrum of activity.
Aflatoxins are fungal toxins, which are potent carcinogens.
Areas covered include routine chiropody, verrucas, ingrown toenails, fungal infections and biomechanics.
Such particles can include small pieces of silica, pollen grains, fungal hyphae and other organic detritus 1.
Hygiene e.g. if nail is not sterilized and degreased, may trap dirt and lead to fungal infections.
The fungal nail condition usually begins toward the far end of the nail and may start with patches of white or yellow discoloration.
Written by RJ Jones and LF Grand, this fact sheet provides information on the fungal disease ' Dutch elm disease ' .
Virtually every plant species researchers have examined has fungal endophytes.
The meeting point for the final Sunday fungal foray is the Red Lion pub in Grantchester.
Treatment of infective keratitis, particularly fungal keratitis, is expensive.
Keep an eye out for any fungal diseases; treat with a suitable fungicide.
Patients with fungal fingernail infections were randomly assigned to 250 mg/day oral terbinafine or 500 mg/day oral micronized griseofulvin.
The fungal hypha is the vertical out of focus band on the right of the image.
Any major illness, fungal infections or surgery may be major reasons.
Once inside the trap, the male moths become contaminated with sufficient fungal inoculum to guarantee that they become infected.
Data is also collected on the spectrum of organisms isolated from cases of fungal keratitis.
Fungal foliar diseases and their control, including leaf blights, downy mildews, leaf blights, downy mildews, leaf curls, mildews, leaf spots and rusts.
However, Arabidopsis plants modified in the metabolic pathway leading to lignin formation produced abnormal lignin that was associated with severe fungal attacks.
Ongoing investigations deal with the health implication of exposure to both the allergens and the fungal metabolites.
Greg's BSc (Microbiology) was obtained from Liverpool University (1996) where he explored the effects of electricity on fungal morphogenesis.
We are using molecular genetic approaches, in particular random mutagenesis, to analyze fungal genes involved in the disease process.
In fact, there was no fungal mycelium evident on the sample at all.
By selectively amplifying fungal DNA it had been shown that, in bluebells, 2 or 3 genera of arbuscular mycorrhiza are present.
For example, fungal mycotoxins could develop, which could harm the cow's health.
Terbinafine is not licensed for treatment of fungal scalp infection, but it is commonly used off-licence for this condition.
The fungal fruiting bodies are smaller and less obvious on the grass flower panicle than on the cereal ear.
A solution may now lie in the use of fungal pathogens.
Failure to improve suggests fungal and secondary peritonitis (see below ), or just a bad infection.
This layer is removed by the action of a fungal acid phosphatase enzyme.
David Perkins gave an overview of the study of fungal chromosome rearrangements.
The disease The main fungal species that causes ringworm in horses is Trichophyton equinum.
If a guinea pig develops bald patches on its face, this could indicate the fungal disease ringworm.
Management of fungal sinusitis in the immunocompromised Early, aggressive treatment is required.
The air is also full of fungal spores at most times of the year.
When the foliage dries more quickly, infections are reduced since, like almost all fungal spores, rust spores require water for germination.
Carole diagnosed the tree as having a fungal problem, leaf spot.