Synonyms for fungi
ˈfʌn dʒaɪ, ˈfʌŋ gaɪfun·gi

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1. Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdomnoun

   the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants

   Synonyms:
   fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi

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1. funginoun

   Synonyms:
   Thallophytes (toadstools, mushrooms, etc.)

   Associated words:
   spawn, spore, mycophagy, fungivorous, mycetophagous, amanitine, mycelium, fungic, fungicide, fungoid, fungiform, fungous, mycologist

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1. List of paraphrases for "fungi":

   mushrooms, fungal, mushroom, fungus, shrooms, microfungi, moulds, arbuscules, molds

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1. Matthew Fisher:

   What’s changing is that more people that are exposed have those high risk factors. We have aging populations, and we were using a lot of chemicals in the environment which are forcing fungi to adapt, and our clinical antifungals are being degraded by antimicrobial resistance.

2. Andreas Essig:

   Horse dung is a very rich substrate that harbours a diversity of micro-organisms, including fungi and bacteria, now these micro-organisms are in a constant competition for nutrients and space and it's therefore very likely to find potent antibiotics in such an environment, which are used by the different organisms to inhibit the growth of the competitors.

3. Lewis Thomas:

   Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.

4. Matthew Kasson.Read:

   If one of our limbs were taken out or if our stomach was slashed open, we would probably be incapacitated, but infected cicadas, despite the fact that a third of their body has fallen off, continue to go about their activities like mating and flying as if nothing happened. This is really, really unique for insect killing fungi.

5. Matthew Nelsen:

   I think we're going to see the ranges of these things shift, and that could lead to some shuffling of the relationships with fungi -- we might get partnerships that weren't there previously.