English → Latin
“fungus” in Latin
fungusmushroom; fungus; fungal growth or infection; candle-snuffpannuscloth; rag; garmentagaricumlarch fungus, tinder fungusaegĭlopsA disease of the eyes
The English word fungus itself goes back to Latin fungus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fungus
fungus (eatable): fungus aridus (used as tinder; e.g., fungus aridus scintillas excipit): pannus (an excrescence, of the nature of a fungus, on trees); agaricum (on larch-trees); aegilops (on oak-trees).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fungus?
- The usual Latin words for “fungus” are fungus, pannus, agaricum; also aegĭlops. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.