dark fungus

English

Alternative forms
  • dark matter fungus

Etymology

Back-formation from dark fungi, from dark fungal matter/fungal dark matter, from dark matter+fungus

Noun

dark fungus (plural dark funguses or dark fungi)

  1. A fungus that is only known from the detection of its fungal DNA signature in environmental DNA (“eDNA”) sampling.

Coordinate terms
  • biological dark matter
  • marine dark matter
  • microbial dark matter

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