HyperDic: potato_fungus

English > 1 sense of the expression potato fungus:
NOUNplantpotato fungus, Pellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solanifungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
English > potato fungus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers.
SynonymsPellicularia filamentosa, Rhizoctinia solani
Member ofPellicularia, genus Pelliculariagenus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust
BroaderfungusAn organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

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