fungia | (n) a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals, Syn. genus Fungia |
Fungia | ‖n. [ NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie. ] (Zool.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Fungian | a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the |