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Definition of Gill fungus
1. Noun. A basidiomycete with gills.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gill Fungus
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. ..."