mucor
any phycomycetous fungus of the genus Mucor, that forms a furry coating on foodstuffs and dead and decaying vegetable matter.
Origin of mucor
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How to use mucor in a sentence
The mucilage surrounding endospores of mucor, conidia of Empusa, &c., serves to gum the spore to animals.
The mash is then cooled down somewhat, diluted with sterilized water and innoculated with the mucor filaments.
Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. SlossonSpecies of mucor, Botrytis, and other fungi, may also be met with.
Disease in Plants | H. Marshall WardIn diphtheria I developed the bacteria to the full form--the mucor malignans.
A number of the specimens collected were attacked by a parasitic mucor of the genus Spinellus.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. | George Francis Atkinson
British Dictionary definitions for mucor
/ (ˈmjuːkɔː) /
any fungus belonging to the genus Mucor, which comprises many common moulds
Origin of mucor
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