fungal

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

   “Doctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.”

noun

1. (archaic)A fungus.

   “Fungals are distinguished from Lichens by their more fugitive nature, their more succulent texture, their want of a thallus or expansion independent of the part that bears the reproductive matter, […]”

   “Fungals are, however, among the more useful friends of man as food, and among his most dangerous enemies as parasites, destroying the sources of his food.”