How to Use fungus in a Sentence

fungus

noun

• Like the fungus in lichen, the paint provides a home for the algae.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• In the fictional world of The Last of Us, a fungus has destroyed the world.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2023
• Sewage water flows through the cold and damp room and fungus grows up the walls.
  — Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN, 8 Mar. 2022
• The fungus attacks the pears/junipers and then sends the rust spores back to the service berries.
  — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
• In the Central Valley, heavy rain in the winter helps the fungus grow in the soil.
  — Elysee Barakett, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
• The brown rot could be a fungus rotting out the oak’s heartwood.
  — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
• About 300 were from the groups where the fungus was identified.
  — NBC News, 5 Apr. 2022
• The blast infects a plant’s leaves, and when the plant is flowering, the fungus can spread to the neck and destroy the seeds.
  — Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• The fungus was detected in more than half of all U.S. states last year.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune Well, 21 Mar. 2023
• The best fruiting occurs in spring and fall; the fungus may need to rest in between.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2024
• And it’s not a virus that’s infected them, but rather, a fungus.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
• Even parts of the greater Bay Area also have some of the fungus locally.
  — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
• The fungus covers nearby homes and cars in a sooty black film, choking trees and shrubs.
  — Travis Loller, Fortune, 8 July 2023
• Essentially, the fungus infects the ant, and grows more of its cells around the brain.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
• One looked healthy, the other had a fungus just below its mouth.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 13 May 2022
• The bird’s nest fungus in one image is just on dead wood and is not a pathogen that would cause you trouble.
  — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
• The fungus causes a mycelium, the thread- and root-like portion of a mushroom, to grow over the soy, forming a firm cake.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
• The black material is growth of a sooty mold, a type of fungus which feeds on this residue.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
• Part of the life cycle of this fungus is entirely within the leaf.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• Mycelium fungus cells feed off wood fibers and form a dense matrix, kind of like a sponge.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2022
• The fungus has a distinct fuzzy white look, which gives the condition its name.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• For starters, bacteria and fungus that feed off the dead cells on a used razor.
  — Abbie Kozolchyk, wsj.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• And the fungus has the ability to spread among cicadas of both sexes.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024
• The plants, insects, fungi, and mammals below the canopy would be forced to adapt at warp speed—or die off.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• The fungus has now been detected in over 50 percent of U.S. states.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 21 Mar. 2023
• Part of the life cycle of this fungus is entirely within the leaf.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
• The sticky matter is food for a sooty mold fungus producing the black coating.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
• Furthermore, there is nothing that can be done to stop the fungus.
  — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
• The other is a change in where the fungus can actually live.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• During all that time, researchers were unsure how ants and fungus evolved together.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024