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White fungus

noun

A fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins). Synonym: Saprolegnia ferax.

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... A clear ivory-white fungus, Agaricus dealbatus, of which a crisped variety is occasionally found in great numbers, springing up on old mushroom beds in dense clusters, is very good eating, but rather deficient in the delicate aroma of some other species. The typical form ...

— Fungi: Their Nature and Uses • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

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Words linked to "White fungus" : Saprolegnia, genus Saprolegnia, fungus, Saprolegnia ferax