How to Use fungal in a Sentence

fungal

adjective

• The leaves have definitely been hit by a fungal leaf spot.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Sep. 2021
• And the intense summer rains stressed trees statewide, leading to insect damage and fungal pathogens, Keleher said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• Not only are viruses and bacteria a deadly threat, but now fungal diseases (which are far more difficult to treat) are an even greater one.
  — Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
• Not to mention, designers are getting hyped on mycelium leather—which is made from mushrooms’ sprawling, underground network of fungal threads.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2021
• The main exception would be the removal of plant debris from severe fungal or bacterial infections earlier this year.
  — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• Humid air helps carry fungal spores further to new sites and moist households left behind after disasters create breeding grounds for waterborne pathogens.
  — Sorenson Impact, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• Her team’s proposal involves launching a lander that would include plastic scaffolding and fungal mycelia, white filaments that make the root structure of fungi.
  — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 22 Sep. 2021
• Which fungal helpers a plant admits into its circle is complex—a healthy mycorrhizal pit crew for a single plant can tally as many as 80 members strong, Hynson says.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
• An antifungal medication can help treat fungal pneumonia, Dr. Sood says.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Its trunk is riddled with fungal cankers and fire scars.
  — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 7 July 2022
• 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
• Black spot: This is caused by the fungal pathogen Diplocarpon rosae.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• Snow mold is a fungal lawn disease that damages and kills grass.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The fungal infection spread to the entire family and the dog.
  — Matt Voltz, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
• This attention spares our plants from pests and fungal stress.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The decline could be of fungal nature but does not appear to be from insects.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
• This airflow protects against too much moisture and the threat of fungal disease.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
• But it’s not the only fungal pathogen lurking beneath our feet.
  — Zoya Teirstein, Wired, 25 Sep. 2021
• Tests revealed the non-native snakes carried a fungal disease that spread to the native snakes.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
• Good hand hygiene can also help, since the fungal infection is spread skin to skin.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 11 May 2023
• Needle cast is a fungal disease that causes needles to turn brown and fall off.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 20 Nov. 2023
• Wear a mask to avoid inhaling fungal spores stirred up by raking.
  — USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• Yeast and fungal infections of the nail plate, which cause yellow or white discoloration, are both possible.
  — Melanie Rud, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
• So are common fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot – a rash between your toes – and ringworm, a rash that, despite its name, is caused by a fungus.
  — Matt Kasson, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024