fungal

From fungus +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌŋɡəl/

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fungal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

   Synonyms: fungous, mycotic

   Antonyms: nonfungal, nonmycotic

   Coordinate terms: fungoid; fungusy, mushroomy, mushroomoid, mushroomlike, fungiform; antifungal, antimycotic

   Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.

fungal (plural fungals)

1. (archaic) A fungus.
   • 1847, John Lindley, The Vegetable Kingdom: Second Edition, with Corrections, page 30:

     Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, […]

   • 1856, John Lindley, Medical and Oeconomical Botany: With Numerous Illustrations, page 9:

     Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food.

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