white fungus

noun

variants or white fungus disease

1

: a disease of fishes caused by a fungus (Saprolegnia ferox) and characterized by a white coating of hyphae especially on peripheral parts (as fins)

2

: a disease of insects caused by a fungus of the genus Beauveria compare calcino

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