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Mucor   Listen
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Mucor  n.  (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mucor" Quotes from Famous Books



... fungoid mycelium—for in most it is nothing more—in the tissues of animals, in the hard structure of bone and shell, in the intestines, lungs, and other fleshy parts, and in various organs of birds.[V] In some of the latter cases it has been described as a Mucor, in most it is merely cells without sufficient character for determination. It is by no means improbable that fungi may be found in such situations; the only question with regard to them is whether they are not accidental, ...
— Fungi: Their Nature and Uses • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke



Words linked to "Mucor" :   mold, mould



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