"Fungus" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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真菌	zhēn jūn	fungi / fungus
菌类	jūn lèi	fungus
菌	jūn	germ / bacteria / fungus / mold / Taiwan pr. [jun4]
苓	líng	fungus / tuber
菌界	jūn jiè	fungus (taxonomic kingdom) / mycota
银耳	yín ěr	white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus
黑木耳	hēi mù ěr	Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
冬虫夏草	dōng chóng xià cǎo	caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
竹荪	zhú sūn	bamboo fungus / veiled lady mushroom (Phallus indusiatus)
白木耳	bái mù ěr	white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus
菰	gū	Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍\|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom
球腔菌	qiú qiāng jūn	Mycosphaerella (genus of sac fungus, a plant pathogen)
竹笙	zhú shēng	bamboo fungus
雪耳	xuě ěr	snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / white fungus
锈菌		rust fungus
麦角菌		ergot fungus
雚菌	huán jūn	a type of poisonous fungus that grows on reeds, used in Chinese medicine to help cure patients suffering from ascaris (parasitic worms)
冬虫夏草	dōng chóng - xià cǎo	caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)