How to Use fungal in a Sentence

fungal

adjective
Definition of fungalnext
  • At the same time, fire ants have their own fungal woes.
    — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Nov. 2020
  • The baking soda will kill the fungal spores and the oil is used as a sticker to hold the spray on the leaves longer.
    — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Its leaves remained attached, and there was a mass of white fungal growth around the roots.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • For the first few million years, the ants tended fungal species also found in the wild.
    — Byariana Remmel, science.org, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Its trunk is riddled with fungal cankers and fire scars.
    — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 7 July 2022
  • For a mushroom to grow, a fungal spore has to set up shop on a surface and produce mycelia.
    — Jude Coleman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Consuming a large piece of wood can be the work of years for a mass of fungal fibers, called a mycelium.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Black spot: This is caused by the fungal pathogen Diplocarpon rosae.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Snow mold is a fungal lawn disease that damages and kills grass.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Now the species faces a new threat: a fungal disease that eats through the shell creating a Swiss cheese effect.
    — Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • Dreijer sings, their voice coated in a downy, fungal film.
    — Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Ohio ranks in the top 10 of 29 states that have reported cases of the fungal infection so far.
    — The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2023
  • In the film, a new fungal disease called Coral is spreading rapidly across the planet.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The fungal infection spread to the entire family and the dog.
    — Matt Voltz, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Flower blight or petal blight is also caused by a fungal pathogen.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The leaves have definitely been hit by a fungal leaf spot.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • This attention spares our plants from pests and fungal stress.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • This makes ink caps one of our greatest reminders of how ephemeral life is in the fungal kingdom.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The dust, the fungal spores, drifted across the field and infected another bush, or fell to the ground and splashed onto the next plant when rain fell.
    — Maryn McKenna, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The decline could be of fungal nature but does not appear to be from insects.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
  • This airflow protects against too much moisture and the threat of fungal disease.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • There have to be enough frogs on the ground to pass on genes resistant to the deadly fungal disease that continues to hurt the species.
    — Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • But it’s not the only fungal pathogen lurking beneath our feet.
    — Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Tests revealed the non-native snakes carried a fungal disease that spread to the native snakes.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Good hand hygiene can also help, since the fungal infection is spread skin to skin.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • Needle cast is a fungal disease that causes needles to turn brown and fall off.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Researchers are concerned about the role climate change will play in the spread of fungal infections.
    — Sophie Cousins, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Wear a mask to avoid inhaling fungal spores stirred up by raking.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • My muscles had reacted poorly to a few crumbs of yeast, the doctor reported, which meant that my craving for sweets was caused by a fungal infection in my gut.
    — Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The bacteria grew so fast that the fungal immune system noticed them—and handily locked them away for disposal.
    — Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025

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