Fuligo

noun

Fu·​li·​go

fyüˈlī(ˌ)gō,

füˈlē(-

: a widely distributed genus of large slime molds with the sporangia gathered in an aethalium and the plasmodium commonly bright yellow

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, soot

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