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Sooty mold — Sooty molds are Ascomycete fungi which grow from the sugary honeydew secreted by plants [opuntia cactus] and insects aphids, scales, the whitefly, and other insects which suck sap from their host plants. The name itself is descriptive, as sooty… … Wikipedia
sooty mold — 1. Plant Pathol. a disease of plants, characterized by a black, sooty growth covering the affected parts, caused by any of several fungi. 2. any fungus causing this disease, as molds of the genera Capnodium, Phragmocapnias, and Scorias. [1900 05] … Universalium
sooty mold — soot′y mold′ n. 1) ppa a disease of plants caused by a dark fungus that grows on the honeydew secretions of certain insects 2) ppa any fungus causing this disease • Etymology: 1900–05 … From formal English to slang
sooty mold — noun Date: 1901 a dark growth of fungus mycelium growing in insect honeydew on plants; also any of various ascomycetous fungi (order Dothideales) producing such growth … New Collegiate Dictionary
black mold — noun 1. : a mold or fungus like a mold with dark mycelium or spores: as a. : a fungus of the order Mucorales; especially : the common bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer) compare mold V b … Useful english dictionary
sootymold — sooty mold n. 1. A blackish growth produced by fungi of the genus Capnodium, which grows in the droppings of aphids on plants. 2. Any of the fungi that produce such growth. * * * … Universalium
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
List of citrus diseases — This article is a list of diseases in citrus plants. Contents 1 Bacterial diseases 2 Fungal diseases 3 Nematodes, parasitic 4 Viral diseases … Wikipedia
Nothofagus solandri — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… … Universalium
