Resembling or relating to fungi; having the characteristics or nature of a fungus.
Derived from Latin fungus with the adjectival suffix -id, meaning 'of the nature of.' This direct formation from the Latin fungal root appeared in scientific English during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Before mycologists developed precise terminology, 'fungid' was the general adjective used to describe anything mushroom-like or spore-producing, though it's now largely replaced by 'fungal' in modern usage.
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