snow fungus
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Snow fungus — Taxobox name = Snow fungus image width = 250px regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota subdivisio = Agaricomycotina classis = Heterobasidiomycetes ordo = Tremellales familia = Tremellaceae genus = Tremella species = T. fuciformis binomial =… … Wikipedia
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
snow mold — noun or snow rot 1. a. : a disease of cereals caused by a fungus (Calonectria graminicola) and characterized by abundant superficial white mycelium when the snow melts b. : a similar disease especially of turf grasses caused by a fungus of the… … Useful english dictionary
snow mold — Plant. Pathol. 1. a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dense, cottony growth that covers the affected parts as the snow melts in the spring, caused by any of several fungi of the genera Calonectria, Fusarium, Pythium, and… … Universalium
snow blight — noun : a disease of conifer seedlings caused by a fungus (Phacidium infestans) that attacks the needles under the snow, causes them to turn brown, and covers them with white mycelium … Useful english dictionary
snow mushroom — noun popular in China and Japan and Taiwan; gelatinous mushrooms; most are dried • Syn: ↑Tremella fuciformis • Hypernyms: ↑jelly fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tremella, ↑genus Tremella … Useful english dictionary
Cloud ear fungus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi … Wikipedia
Jelly fungus — Taxobox name = Heterobasidiomycetes image width = 250px image caption = A jelly fungus ( Tremella cf. fuciformis ) regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota subdivisio = Agaricomycotina classis = Heterobasidiomycetes subdivision ranks = Orders… … Wikipedia
Francis H. Snow — Francis Huntington Snow (June 29, 1840–September 21, 1908) was an American professor and chancellor of the University of Kansas (KU), and he became prominent through the discovery of a fungus fatal to chinch bugs and its propagation and… … Wikipedia
jelly fungus — noun any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh • Hypernyms: ↑fungus • Hyponyms: ↑snow mushroom, ↑Tremella fuciformis, ↑witches butter, ↑Tremella lutescens, ↑T … Useful english dictionary