Definition of Gill fungus

1. Noun. A basidiomycete with gills.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gill Fungus

gilgais
gilgie
gilgies
gilgulim
gilguls
gill-less
gill-over-the-ground
gill arch
gill arch skeleton
gill bailer
gill bar
gill cleft
gill clefts
gill cover
gill fungus (current term)
gill net
gill raker
gill slit
gill trama
gillaroo
gillaroos
gilled
giller
gillers
gillespite
gillet
gillets
gillhouse
gillhouses

Literary usage of Gill fungus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1922)
"... a gill fungus, similar in appearance to the common mushroom, is not infrequently found on pulp wood. These two latter, together with the Lenzites ..."

2. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"... gill fungus which is raised as a fodder by leaf-cutting ants in their subterranean passageways in the tropics of South Brazil. ..."

3. Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1907)
"... or other gill fungus. Paraffin sections of gills, cut rather thick, showing basidia with spores, ..."

4. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1904)
"... IS'.i'.i, when 1 hey were 38 days old the fry were attacked by a very serions growth of slime, sometimes called gill-fungus by fish-culturists. ..."

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