Fungal

fungal /fun·gal/ (fun´g'l) fungous; pertaining to fungi.

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fun·gal (fnggl) or fun·gous (-gs)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a fungus.

2. Caused by a fungus.

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Fungal

Caused by a fungus.

Mentioned in: Antibiotics, Topical

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fungal

pertaining to or caused by a fungus.

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fungal disease

the three principal manifestations are the skin infections, the dermatophytoses, systemic infections such as coccidioidomycoses, and the mycotoxicoses, the fungal poisonings.

fungal hypersensitivity

may occur in animals; possibly the cause of fungal kerion.

fungal hyphae

see hypha.

fungal infection

see mycosis.

fungal mastitis

see Table 16.

fungal slide culture

a method of culturing fungi that allows good visualization of conidia for identification purposes.

fungal toxins

there are a large number of known poisonous fungi, some of which grow on living plants, many of them visible on the outside of the plant, many of them growing inside the plant and therefore not visible. Many more grow on stored feed such as grain and hay. The best known fungal toxins include aflatoxin, citrinin, ergotamine, fumonisins, ergovaline, ochratoxin, phomopsin, slaframine, sporidesmin, trichothecenes (e.g. satratoxin, deoxynivalenol), zearalenone.