Fungus

Definitions

1. Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
   countable, uncountable
2. A spongy, abnormal excrescence, such as excessive granulation tissue formed in a wound.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock⟳ and use⟳ that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage⟳ this trick⟳ are already familiar to experts in the field.”

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