OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7626

fungus

/ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hongo
Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial ba…