How to Use fungal in a Sentence

fungal

adjective

• At the same time, fire ants have their own fungal woes.
  — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Nov. 2020
• The fungal disease enters the trees as spores through fresh wounds on the trees.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
• The white portion at the bottom of the stem is a fungal mat of Southern Blight.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
• 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
• Gray leaf spot is a fungal disease that attacks the blades along the midribs.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
• 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
• This is a catch-all term for fungal diseases that cause white and gray powder on the leaves.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2020
• Now that scientists know how to break down the fungal pathogen in the lab, the next step is taking the research out to the field.
  — National Geographic, 3 Jan. 2018
• Its trunk is riddled with fungal cankers and fire scars.
  — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 7 July 2022
• Lungs are exposed to the outside world, to all the cold viruses and smoke and fungal spores that float around in our air.
  — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 25 July 2019
• The thick-skinned grapes are prone to fungal disease such as botrytis.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• 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
• As the fungal network grows, the ant’s body succumbs to the fungus’s control.
  — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019
• What mold looks like Molds are a type of fungus and can look like their fungal cousins, mushrooms and yeasts.
  — Maria Masters, Health.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• It is spread from the fungal mats that form inside the bark of infected trees, and those mats are active in the spring.
  — Courtney Ortega, star-telegram, 9 Feb. 2018
• Snow mold is a fungal lawn disease that damages and kills grass.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024
• And often, the microscopic fungal spores are too tiny and few to be seen with the naked eye at all.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 26 Dec. 2018
• At least 80 percent of the plants on Earth connect to these fungal partners.
  — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 23 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Your plants could end up with root rot and other fungal diseases.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
• The fungal infection spread to the entire family and the dog.
  — Matt Voltz, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
• Water at the base of the plant and try to avoid getting leaves wet to minimize fungal diseases.
  — Adrian Higgins, sacbee, 11 May 2018
• And finally, cutting wet grass can increase the possibility of fungal infections in your lawn.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
• The researchers also identified similar gene clusters in other fungi, hoping there could be many more fungal RiPPs waiting to be discovered.
  — Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2025