How to Use fungus in a Sentence

fungus

noun
  • Cidara’s first drug was for fungus.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Think fungi, wild roots and shoots, and game meat.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If left unchecked, this sticky residue can lead to black fungus and mildew.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • This is caused by the overgrowth of fungus on the skin.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But the fungus forms a fuzz on their wings and muzzles.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The brown spots that start off yellow are caused by a fungus.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
  • The result can be snow mold, which is caused by a fungus.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 23 Feb. 2026
  • My red oak tree has a fungus growing on its trunk and at its base.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Brown patch fungus begins its growth in the wettest low spot in the lawn.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 11 June 2020
  • Any moisture trapped in your splint could cause a case of foot fungus.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Some studied the blight fungus and looked for clues to how it could be stopped.
    — Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The white fungus looked like frost or coral had grown from the spider’s body.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Sewage water flows through the cold and damp room and fungus grows up the walls.
    — Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The fungus spreads to the new shoots in spring and can cause a tree to lose all its young leaves.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • The fungus is not growing on the branch and working its way in.
    — Juhi Varma, Chron, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Dry rot is caused by a fungus that spreads far beyond wet areas.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Marshall wants to grow the fungus in order to help heal the world.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Honeydew may lead to a buildup of sooty mold, a type of fungus.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • Like the fungus in lichen, the paint provides a home for the algae.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • The brown rot could be a fungus rotting out the oak’s heartwood.
    — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
  • One looked healthy, the other had a fungus just below its mouth.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 13 May 2022
  • These fungi may go unnoticed for years or even decades.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2026
  • But climate change might not be wholly to blame for the fungus' spread.
    — Dr. Adela Wu, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Root rots are caused by both fungi and related pathogens that thrive in wet soil.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Instead, his crop is the spongy blue-gray fungus growing on the corn cobs.
    — Jordan Nutting, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2020
  • This fungus is carried by the wind and infects trees and shrubs through their wounds.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Furthermore the buds of trees, lichens and many fungi glow with this same light.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So the molds – the hairy fungi – have spores which are released into the air.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Its roots will be shortened and black (mostly dead), killed by the fungus.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
  • And the strangest thing is that it’s made by a fungus that’s also found on human skin.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025

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