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Parasitic Fungi

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noun

• a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture

• a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi

• the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

• any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants

• A strong reddish brown color.

adjective satellite

• of the brown color of rust

verb

• become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid

• cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

• become coated with oxide

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noun

• a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus

• a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid

31%15Parasitic fungi in water
noun

• fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes

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New York Times14 Jul 1980 Down 25
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